Toronto weather: Lingering warmth expected this fall

[Locutus]

Are you savouring the final days of summer? Fear not: The days are getting shorter but the warm temperatures will stick around well into early fall.

“The afterglow of a scorching summer will mean a warm start to the season,” said Chris Scott, director of meteorology with The Weather Network.

In October and November, temperatures in southern Ontario will fluctuate from above to below normal but will mostly stay on the warm side.

Out west, parts of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nunavut will also experience above-normal temperatures. The remaining provinces will experience a fairly normal fall.

Following a record-breaking summer and a balmy fall, Torontonians

will probably need to brace for a winter that’s colder and more snowy than last year’s extremely mild one.

Meteorologists say it’s still too early to draw conclusions. But the upcoming winter season, which officially kicks off on Dec. 21, is likely to restore faded memories of sleet, snow and ice.

Dave Phillips, a climatologist for Environment Canada, predicts that winter will be hard for Torontonians recently accustomed to mild temperatures and limited snowfall.

“This will be a tougher winter for Torontonians,” he said. “It will feel brutal compared to last year.”

Official predictions for winter will be released on Dec. 1.



Toronto weather: Lingering warmth expected this fall - thestar.com

 

[eh1eh]

The is f^cking A. Best summer in a long time.

 

[damngrumpy]

Every year the temperatures and weather pattern fluctuate. This is like saying the
sun will shine some days and it will be cloudy other days. We are experiencing the
weather of the 1930's when there was some drought and long hot days. In fact
some say that 1936 was even hotter or about the same.
Weather patterns have shifted a bit now does that qualify as climate change?
Or does it mean weather patterns have shifted for a short indefinite period?
And yes, there is a difference. Climate change means we turn into a total different
continent, changing weather patterns mean we have a decade of uncertainty and
then back to normal. The problem is no one knows for about a decade.
The Prairie was once a large shallow sea with much warmer temperatures until
serious climate change created an ice age. There was no man made cause either it
just changed. In the Middle Ages it was much cooler than now.
I think we should try to discover what we are dealing with, without the pressure and
lobby groups and take the big money out of it. Maybe we could even look for the truth.