Southern Saskatchewan has had seven straight months (Dec-June) of
below average temperatures. This winter was the coldest one in 30yrs,
we've been told. Trippy, eh?
We've also been told (the Environment Canada Guy on the radio) that if
we took the first half of July this year (1st-15th) and compared it against
the same time frame annually since they started keeping records out
here well over a hundred years ago, that so far this is the coldest July on
record. We had rain for nine of the first fifteen days this month.
I believe we've had one day over +30c this year, & that was in mid-June.
Tomorrow should be the second one, and I'm very much looking forward
to it. We've missed any heat waves this year so far, but today was a great
day and tomorrow will be better. This winter might be another El Nino year
to and that usually moderates the temperature out here through the winter.
Its been a strange year so far. No hot summer nights either. I've had my
fire-pit loaded with wood since last fall (I'm not kidding) and we haven't had
a night yet (well, June 15th, but I wasn't home) that I'd be able to comfortably
sit around the fire with friends 'till the wee hours.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not whining, but offering a contrast to the heat wave
discussion. I don't ever remember a prairie summer like this one. Weird....
