Very mild winter not yet a Toronto record-breaker
Posted January 31, 2012 1:29 pm.
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This season has been a boon for those who hate to shovel and a disappointment for those who love the snow. But the lack of snow so far hasn’t broken any records.
The city’s lowest snowfall record came in 2009-2010 when we only saw 52.4 centimetres. We’ve had 25.4 centimetres so far this year, with at least another two months of potential snowfall to come.
We want to give prizes to people who can predict how much snow the city will get and when, but Mother Nature isn’t co-operating with our CityNews weather contest.
Those who predict the first day five centimetres fall at Pearson International Airport can win a stay at a downtown hotel, Ecco boots for a family of four, or a dinner at Eight Wine Bar.
Considering we’re at the end of January, we probably should’ve given these prizes away by now.
Monday’s snowfall accumulation at the airport was a hair shy of the five-centimetre-mark at 4.8 centimetres.
But the snow that fell Monday wasn’t expected to last long under the 7 C high forecast for Tuesday and the 5 C high for Wednesday.
And this hasn’t been the warmest winter on record, at least not yet. The city recorded its warmest November to March period in 2001-2002 when the average temperature was 1.5 C.
CityNews meteorologist Natasha Ramasahai said, “we’d have to have a really mild February and March to make up for that.”
Toronto has so far only recorded 12 days below 0 C. A normal number of so-called freeze days for this time of year would be 28.
Check the latest forecast here.
- With at least two more months of potential snow time left you can still put your guess in for our contest. Send an email to news.to@citynews.ca to tell us the date you think the city will get five centimetres of snow. You could win a night’s stay at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, a night’s stay at the Pantages Hotel, Ecco winter boots for a family of four and a dinner at Eight Wine Bar.
