25 April 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 April 25:

Days with snow cover: 121
Days with complete snow cover: 65
Total snowfall: 144 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2009 March 03
Latest date with any snow cover: A.D. 2009 April 08
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2009 April 23
Latest light frost: A.D. 2009 April 24
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2009 April 13
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2009 April 07

F***ing hot. Three days ago the high temperature was between 8º and 9º Celsius (46º-48º F.). Two days ago it snowed. Yesterday morning we had a light frost. Today the temperature is already 30º Celsius (86º Fahrenheit) in the shade. The roads are clogged with people. Two thoughts have been bouncing around my mind: I forgot how much I dislike summer (too many people; too hot) and I want a sailboat.

I didn't start keeping track of the last hard frost until after we stopped having them. We had something like 11 hard frosts in 13 days so I decided to stop worrying until later in the month. We've only had one or two since then, so my statistics aren't perfect. It's very likely that we had a hard frost on A.D. 2009 April 16. It's a little less likely (but still likely) that we had one on A.D. 2009 April 17. I'm hoping that we'll have another one, but the long-term forecast doesn't look good. In any case, I'm leaving the date of April 13 for now.

13 April 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 April 13:

Days with snow cover: 121
Days with complete snow cover: 65
Total snowfall: 144 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2009 March 03
Latest date with any snow cover: A.D. 2009 April 08
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2009 April 12
Latest light frost: A.D. 2009 April 13
Latest hard frost: A.D. 2009 April 13
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2009 April 07

In my last post I mentioned that a snow "storm" had been forecast, but I didn't think that we were going to get much. Well, that turned out to be the case, but we did get a couple of centimeters over the course of a couple of days.

It snowed again on Easter morning (A.D. 2009 April 12). That day's high temperature was approximately 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

We had a VERY hard frost this morning (A.D. 2009 April 13).

05 April 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 April 06:

Days with snow cover: 119
Days with complete snow cover: 65
Total snowfall: 142 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)
Latest date with complete snow cover: A.D. 2009 March 03
Latest date with any snow cover: A.D. 2009 March 22
Latest snowfall: A.D. 2009 April 04
Latest light frost: NA
Latest hard frost: NA
Latest date with a high temperature at or below 0º Celsius: A.D. 2009 March 23

It snowed all day Saturday but nothing accumulated. Saturday's high temperature was less than 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Sunday was sunny and warm with a high temperature in the mid to upper 50s. It was amazing to think that such weather can occur on consecutive days.

The weathermen are saying snow tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night. Forecasts of up to 15 cm are circulating. I'm expecting that we'll be lucky to have any sticking snow, but I'm excited about the possibility.