Min / max over the past 24 hours, as recorded on my station:
(Temps are in °C)
High: +0.9
Low: -7.1
Today's Forecast: Today..Cloudy. Periods of wet snow beginning early this
morning
except showers along parts of the coast. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm
except rainfall amount 2 mm along parts of the coast. Wind becoming
northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 except gusting to 60 along parts of
the coast. High plus 1.
Tonight..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind
northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low
minus 3.
Marine Forecast: Gale warning in effect.
Wind northeast 15 knots increasing to northeast 25 to 30 early this
morning then diminishing to north 15 near midnight. Wind increasing
to northwest 30 to 40 Thursday morning then becoming northwest 30
Thursday evening. Periods of rain changing to periods of snow or
rain this morning and ending Thursday afternoon. Visibility 1 mile
or less in precipitation.
Today's weather trivia: 28 November
1917: Some of the coldest prewinter weather ever occurred in Yukon at the
end of November. Temperatures dipped to -40°C in a fierce, biting north
wind. Work horses were too sick for the gruelling tasks expected of them.
Three experienced northerners succumbed to the "Frost King"-their bodies
were found lying stark and stiff beside the trail.
Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. ©
Environment Canada
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