{"id":8234,"date":"2015-02-05T18:59:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2015-02-05T18:59:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:59:01","slug":"canadian-weather-when-february-was-the-coldest-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/canadian-weather-when-february-was-the-coldest-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian weather: When February was the coldest month"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor offers more reflections about his past experiences with Canadian weather.<\/h1>\n

Here on the west coast today, it’s 8\u00b0C; we’re under a rainfall warning. \u00a0Subtropical air filled with moisture is sweeping over us; it’s typical west coast winter weather.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in my January 26 post<\/a>, I lived in the Atlantic provinces until I was sixteen. There, the winters were long and cold.<\/p>\n

One day years ago, I was in a conversation about the weather – how different it is in the Atlantic provinces compared with the west coast. I observed, offhandedly, that I recalled February’s being the coldest month when I was a kid. It was surprising to the others in the room – probably unbelievable. Here, flowers bloom in February.<\/p>\n

Yet, what I said had been honest. I recalled, in the fading afternoon light of February, light blue snow, piled high along driveways. The cold’s grip was unquestionable; the temperature had been sub-zero for days and days. The dusk sky’s clarity, its first stars already developing, promised another night below -20\u00b0C. By the way: more than one Maritimer has since agreed with me: February, by their reckoning, is the coldest month.<\/p>\n

Well, they probably agreed because it’s true. In at least three places I lived as a kid, the coldest month is indeed February:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly average temps<\/b><\/caption>\n
<\/td>\nDec<\/td>\nJan<\/td>\nFeb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halifax, NS<\/td>\n-2.5\u00b0C<\/td>\n-5\u00b0C<\/td>\n-5.5\u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentville, NS<\/td>\n-2.6\u00b0C<\/td>\n-5.6\u00b0C<\/td>\n-5.7\u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St John’s, NF<\/td>\n-1\u00b0C<\/td>\n-3.5\u00b0C<\/td>\n-4\u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Winter arrives late in the Atlantic provinces. Yet, by March, it’s warming up even there.<\/p>\n

Weather in the Atlantic provinces is complex. I’ll be talking more about it in coming posts:)<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/em><\/p>\n

gocanada.about.com<\/a>
\nwww.yr.no<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The tutor offers more reflections about his past experiences with Canadian weather. Here on the west coast today, it’s 8\u00b0C; we’re under a rainfall warning. \u00a0Subtropical air filled with moisture is sweeping over us; it’s typical west coast winter weather. …<\/p>\n

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