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February was a warm one

The city enjoyed an unusually mild and low-snow February, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Steele. The average daily high was 1.1 C, well above the normal of 0.8 C.

The city enjoyed an unusually mild and low-snow February, according to Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Steele.

The average daily high was 1.1 C, well above the normal of 0.8 C. And the daily high was above freezing 17 times during the month while the overnight low was above zero on the last two days of Feburary.

The warmest day was Feb. 13, when the thermometer struck 8.6 while the coldest was Feb. 7 when it hit -13.1 overnight. The coldest daytime high was -4 on Feb. 20 and 21.

There have been warmer Februarys. In 1991, the mean temperature for the month was 1.3, while the mean for this most recent month was -2.1. The normal mean is -5.4.

On the precipitation side of things, the milder-than-normal temperatures resulted in more rainfall than usual -- 16.9 mm versus the normal of 7.2 mm -- with 10.7 mm falling on the Feb. 16.

However snowfall was on the other side of the coin -- just 2.8 cm compared to the normal of 30.1 cm.

Altogether, total precipitation added up to 16.9 mm, slightly more than half the normal of 31.4 mm. The driest Febuary on record was 1993 when there was just 1.6 mm of precipitation.

No daily or monthly records were set.


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