(Temps are in °C)
Conditions on my station in Liverpool,N.S. at 7:10 AM:
Air Temp: -8.5
Conditions: clear
Windchill: -8.5
Humidity: 75%
Wind: calm
Pressure: 1015 mb
Min / max over the past 24 hours:
High: 6.3
Low: -8.7
Latest conditions reported from the local OFFICIAL weather station at
Western Head,N.S. :
-7 °C
Partly Cloudy
Windchill: -11 °C
Humidity: 92%
Wind: 9 km/h NNW
Wind Gust: km/h
Dew Point: -8 °C
Pressure: 1026 hPa (Rising)
Updated: 7:00 AM AST on February 26, 2013
Record values for today:
Highest Temperature (1960-2012) 7.2°C 1961
Lowest Temperature (1960-2012) -16.4°C 2003
Greatest Precipitation (1960-2012) 68.0mm 2010
Greatest Rainfall (1960-1975) 23.4mm 1965
Greatest Snowfall (1960-1975) 48.3cm 1969
Most Snow on the Ground (1960-2009) 51.0cm 1962
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We had a pretty good day yesterday with lots of sunshine and mild temps.The
evening was clear and cold.Today is expected to be mild and sunny,Some
precip is on the way for Thursday.
Today's Forecast:
Today..Sunny. High plus 4. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight..Clear. Low minus 5.
Wednesday..Mainly sunny. Increasing cloudiness in the evening. Wind
becoming east 20 km/h in the evening. High plus 4.
Marine Forecast:
Wind north 10 to 15 knots diminishing to light near noon then
increasing to east 10 to 15 near noon Wednesday. Wind increasing to
east 20 to 25 Wednesday evening. Temperatures near plus 1.
Today's weather trivia: 26 February 2006: A 60-year temperature record was
broken in Iqaluit, NU, as temperatures rose to a balmy 5.7°C. Pangnirtung on
the Arctic Circle peaked at 8.7°C at a time of year when the normal high is
-21°C. Instead of shovelling snow, people tried coping with rain and icy
roads. February rains occurred only 3 times since 1946, with the last
mid-winter downpour recorded in 1986.
Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. ©
Environment Canada
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