cheeky_monkey

Had more snow again overnight..although it is forecast to warm up today,,the cold and snow is set to return for the weekend and early next week...this is the time of year i really dislike Canadian weather..snow snow go away come again another day..preferably after mid November thanks

Here is mine 1985: cold January and February into March..cool wet summer hot first week of October..cold snowy mid November warm Chrimbo 1986: Very cold February into March March cold wet April, non discript summer, bank holiday washout, warm Chrimbo 1987: Very Cold mid January, cold March, warm Easter, another non discrpt summer the October storm, failed December easterly..wet Chrimbo 1988: Mild winter months..stormy June very wet July, August hot spell first week late November snow, warm Chrimbo 1989: Very Mild and dry winter cold snowy start to April hot summer big storms end of June another mild Chrimbo 1990: Another very mild dry winter..record breaking warmth mid February..big gales January..very sunny and hot May, June was Italia '90..record breaking heat first week of August..very warm mid October..cold mid December big snow storm 8-10th..mild Chrimbo 1991: Very cold first two weeks of February very snowy, cold June. hot August esp last two weeks...Autumn non discript another mild Chrimbo 1992: Very forgettable winter hot sunny May, fairly wet and average summer dont even remember the last 6 months of 92..cold foggy Chrimbo 1993: Much of a muchness winter same of spring summer started ok went downhill at beginning of July the cold November and a flip flop December..white Chrimbo..just. 1994: Some February snowfalls, non descript spring.. the hot July, record breaking warm November. damp mild Chrimbo 1995: Mild wet winter..snowy early to mid March..hottest driest summer of my lifetime..June July and August all hot and sunny..hot spell mid October..Cold December..very cold dry Chrimbo 1996: Average Jan and Feb cold wet May, Thundery June (Euro 96), the cold December. very cold dry Chrimbo 1997: Average winter sunny and dry April, wet June Hot August, mid December easterly and snow..mild wet Chrimbo 1998: February warmth, dry warm March snowy Easter big storms in May. cool dull summer, wet autumn...mild Chrimbo 1999: February cold spell, stormy May, warm July, the poor August,(Eclipse) average Autumn. very windy Chrimbo 2000: Non discript winter, Spring and summer, record breaking wet Autumn..cold last week of December ..white Chrimbo 2001: Rather cold and wet winter average spring cool dry summer, Autumn pretty average and coldish last 2 weeks of December rather cold Chrimbo 2002: Wet and mild winter..that's it 2003: Cold snowy start to Jan warm April , Warm June and July record breaking heat in August, cold October average Chrimbo 2004: Non discript winter and spring..cold mid July, wet and warm August. coldish second half of December green Chrimbo 2005: Cold end of Feb and beginning of March, non discript Spring..very sunny warm June some big storms mild autumn up to the last 2 weeks of November. Average Chrinbo 2006: Rather Cold dry winter, average spring, hot and sunny July cool dull August record breaking warm Autumn wet and mild December, foggy Chrimbo 2007: Very Mild and wet winter, very sunny dry April..wettest summer i can remember..rest of the year non discript..average Chrimbo 2008: Non discript mild winter snowy start to April another wet and cool summer snow at the end of October..average Chrimbo 2009: Cold snowy first two weeks of Feb, average spring, hot spell last week of June first week of July the wintry cold December with snow in the run up to Xmas..cold dry Chrimbo 2010: Now living full time in Canada mild Jan through to end of April..cold May with lots of snow..snow at start of June..cool wet summer until mid August..huge amounts of storms..dry warm spell mid Sep - mid October very cold snowy November..Cold December..white Chrimbo 2011: Very snowy and cold Jan and Feb..record breaking cold March..cold wet spring cool stormy June and July dry sunny and warm autumn very dry and mild Nov and December..white Chrimbo 2012: Very Milld and sunny Jan. Feb Mar..wet and cold April and May..hot, dry and sunny summer..hot sunny Sept..very cold and snowy last 3weeks of October (white Halloween) cold and snowy November..average December..white Chrimbo

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yep same here..we tipped 21c yesterday afternoon..went to work this morning and it was snowing heavily

the thing is people rattle of forgettable years but then they can be that forgettable as you easily remember them..i mean 2007 as come up a lot but its is well remembered for the terrible wet summer. i would suggest a forgettable year is one when nothing in particular happened and you struggle to even remember that year for weather...that's why 2002 is a great example.

August 1997 was very memorable as my eldest son was born in August 1997..the run up to his birth was quite uncomfortable for my wife and the heat helped none

what about the hot August of 1997

Have to agree that 2002 was much of a muchness...dont remember 2008 being much different apart from a bit of snow at the end of October..anything remarkable happen in 1982?..1998?

Here In Calgary the last time it rained was August 24th 2012 believe it or not and the reason i remember it because it was my sons birthday and it was only the 2nd rain day of August..since then the only precip has been snow.

i must be a day behind weather wise..it is forecast to reach 18c today here in Calgary..and as you say cooling down with snow forecast for the weekend and temps back down to 0c

Judging by those charts looks like July best chance of decent summer weather..June and August dont look great away from the south west.

What is intersting here is that none of these warm months came during the summer season..the vast majority are spring and autumn months..therefore very often they are forgotten..people only remember cold (all year round) and warmth in the summer..had the majority have fallen during the summer months would anyone be even mentioning little ice ages?

A very nice weekend just gone...wall to wall sunshine all be it pretty cold for the time of year...reached -8c on Sat and -1c yesterday..this week looks like spring finally arrives...sunny with a warming trend all week and could reach +15c by the Easter weekend.

From a North American stand point the answer to the OP question would be no. 2012 was one of the warmest years on record with a very mild winter followed by a hot summer followed by another mild winter..very heavy drought in many parts of the mid west is still ongoing and is the worst for 60 years.

What i find more interesting is that the whole of the northern hemisphere is cold..that in itself is more remarkable at this time of year????

Its funny how peoples perception of the same season differs...i remember 1998 as being a non descript summer..not as bad as 1992 or 1993 and definitely better than 2007..in fact i think 1998 was probably the least interesting year of the 1990s weather wise (apart from a warm February)...still with regards to summer the 1990s was the best decade for warm summer months in my life time.

T'was a thoroughly miserable weekend just gone very cold..5cm of snow yesterday temps never got above -14c and with a hefty north easterly wind the windchill stuck around -25c throughout. March potentially could turn into a cold cold month

When i was back in the UK for 2 weeks over Xmas it was very mild and wet!

That's nothing we have only had 26mm of precip so far this year which is just 1inch which is less than half of what they have received in California..in fact February was almost completely dry here. All to do with that big pacific high pressure cell that set up through virtually all of January and Feb.

i think it will be up to 4 here in Calgary..trouble is with max predicted at -10c or lower this weekend i think the sun longer and mosquito spray is safe for another week

Just look at those temps over Canada not seen anything like this all winter

we got just over 5cms here..and was the worst drive into work so far this season..had no problems when we had 25cm or 30cm..but the Deerfoot was a nightmare this morning..and i went to work at 5.15am what normally takes 20 mins took an hour and 45.

we have had a cold snowy start to spring here in Western Canada and the charts keep this going..often cold weather here is replicated to a certain degree across Western Europe

Southern Ontario had a very snowy winter 2010-2011..this year it was snow free pretty much until January

This is the same storm that struck southern Alberta on Sunday..and dumped up to 30cms of snow here.