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Wacky weather
The maple sap was running in eastern Ontario in January, weeks ahead of schedule. It was raining in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in February, when temperatures usually hover around –20°C. And in central Yukon, there was barely enough snow for the international sled dog race known as Yukon Quest.
Are these signs of global warming or simply natural weather cycles? Canadian Geographic is seeking your tales of climate shifts. Have you witnessed wacky weather phenomena in your neck of the woods?
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David Gehl
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Monday, June 19, 2006
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The the fungus which causes leaf rust, a damaging disease of cereal crops on the eastern prairies, has over-wintered on winter wheat in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. Penny Pearse, Saskatchewan's Provincial Plant Disease Specialist is not aware of this happening in the past. The rust spores usually invade prairie crop on wind currents from the southern U.S.A. The unusually mild winter of 2005/2006 allowed this serious pest of grain crops to survive and infect prairie grain crops much earlier than normal. |
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Sue Willis
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Saturday, June 17, 2006
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June 26, 2004 Isolated Hail Storm destroys plants and roof. It was around 5 pm, New Dublin Ontario (near Brockville), a torrential rain storm began followed by the largest hail pellets I had ever seen as the temperature dropped. Most were the size of nickels! All annuals recently planted in pots as well as my entire vegetable garden were destroyed in minutes. Piles of hail built up on my deck and overflowed the gutters, gathering 1 foot high in places on the ground. Later we discovered we needed a new roof as a result of this freak 15 minute storm. Less than 1 km. People were stopping in their cars when the storm ended, amazed by the "snow" on the lawn and road and by the resulting damage caused by the storm. One km. down the road friends received hail but only the standard small pellets which didn't destroy anything. P.S. we have digital photos. |
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braden etzerza
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Friday, May 05, 2006
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ok.the weather in kamloops was like 30 and then the next day it snowed! |
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Alistair Callegari
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Thursday, May 04, 2006
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Up here in Flon Flon, Central Manitoba we have just had an April that was more reminicent of an unusually beautiful May. This is by far the earliest in living memory that Beaver Lake which is just accross the border in Saskatchewan, and for that matter all of the big lakes in the area have been free of ice. |
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Betty Gerrits
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Monday, May 01, 2006
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Spring of 1976, I was landscaping and creating a garden at our first home which was located in Grande Prairie, Alberta. My knowledge of gardening was very minimal and I had no
knowledge of "normal planting times".
Our last snow fall was in February. With the warm days of late February and March, I spent four weeks hauling
soil with our 1958 Chevy 1/2 ton to our bare yard (shovel full by shovel full, loading and unloading). Then, I
planted a good sized (approx. 15' by 50') vegetable garden. Two weeks later my first child was born. Her
birthday is April 5th.
Everything I planted in that "first" garden germinated although admittedly the seeds took a bit longer than subsequent gardens planted the May
long weekend, which is the "normal" planting date for Grande Prairie, Alberta. |
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Richard Dinning
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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Thursday's 26C followed by zero reminded
me you don't have to look to the last
couple of decades to get wacky weather.
In Mississauga Ontario Easter weekend
1976 the middle of April. Thursday was
-10F, Good Friday was 80F, Saturday was
95F, Sunday was 90F and Monday morning
at 4:00 AM the harbour in Port Credit
called me to come down and shovel the 11
inches of heavy wet snow off the deck of
my yacht as they were concerned about
the boats capsizing under the weight.
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