It’s been a brutally cold, mid-winter-like open to April for south-central Canada. Daily and even monthly all-time record cold highs and lows have been set.
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Snowcover may be fading over parts of southern MB, but snowpack remains extensive across the Prairies & nrn US (right image). Sat image comparison with Apr 5 2017 (left) Much harder for land to warm up this year as snowpack lingers on.. pic.twitter.com/iEqfTipYq0
— Rob's Obs (@robsobs) April 3, 2018
Winnipeg’s -20.5C recorded back on Wednesday was the city’s coldest April temperature since 1997. However Winnipeg’s April record low is a brutal -27.8C set back in 1932.
Excerpt from the Global News
Easter Monday brought record cold temperatures to much of northern Manitoba.
Berens River, Gillam, Island Lake, Norway House, The Pas, and Thompson all set record lows for April 2 with temperatures between -29° Celsius and -34.0° C.
Berens River: -32.0° (old record -29.9° in 1996)
Gillam: -30.0° (old record 29.9° in 1977)
Island Lake: -29.0° (old record -28.1° in 2003)
Norway House: -33.0° (old record -30.9° in 1996)
The Pas: -30.0° (old record -29.4° in 1967)
Thompson: -34.0° (old record -29.9° in 2003)
Island Lake also set a record on April 1 as well reaching -26.0° C.
A number of new record low temperatures were set this morning across the Prairies. Here are the record lows set in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Regina. These were also the latest occurrences of temperatures this cold at all three locations. Records date back to the 1800s. #abwx #skwx pic.twitter.com/bejboD5OJ0
— Weatherlogics (@weatherlogics) April 6, 2018
Another day, another morning of record low temperatures across the Prairies. Some cities broke their old records by a margin of 5C! Regina and Moose Jaw also had the latest occurrences of temperatures this cold. #skwx pic.twitter.com/dwOptvzfvW
— Weatherlogics (@weatherlogics) April 7, 2018
Yesterday's high of -10.6C in Winnipeg was extremely rare for April. Only seven Aprils since 1872 have ever had a daytime high below -10C, the last times being 1997 and 1954. It's also the only time this has happened without any substantive or new snow cover. #mbwx
— Weatherlogics (@weatherlogics) April 3, 2018
Yesterday's high of -9.7°C at #Calgary Airport is coldest on record for April 6, beating -8.3°C in 1948. Records kept since 1882. #ABwx #Alberta #YYC
— Patrick Duplessis (@Pat_wx) April 7, 2018
Today's ~8am temperature of -15.7℃ was #Calgary's coldest April in more than 16 years, since Apr 3rd, 2002. #YycWx
— YYC Weather Records (@YYC_Weather) April 6, 2018
For comparison, snowpack at my site in SW #Winnipeg began Nov 5th, and continues as of April 1st. 148 consecutive days with snowcover and counting.. https://t.co/TFEhbQHJ9S
— Rob's Obs (@robsobs) April 1, 2018
It’s by no means just the southern Prairies shivering, all coast to coast.
What makes this April cold so unique is how widesread it is. Canada coast to coast feeling more like late February than April. pic.twitter.com/Qm5jRMPekO
— Anthony Farnell (@AnthonyFarnell) April 5, 2018
Crisp start to the day in western Labrador. Bottomed out at -36.4°C at #Wabush this morning, shattering previous record low for today's date (-28.3°C in 1969). #nlwx pic.twitter.com/Mp0brxebF7
— Rodney Barney (@rcbstormpost) April 4, 2018
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