[ValleyNature] The Depths of Winter

[James W. Wolford]

Very heartening, Peter, thanks! from Jim

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> From: Peter Payzant <pce at accesswave.ca>
> Date: February 6, 2010 9:37:12 AM AST
> To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] The Depths of Winter
> Reply-To: naturens at chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Occasionally, in a weather forecast, we see numbers quoted as "the  
> normal temperatures for today", "the normal high for today", etc.  
> These are long-term average temperatures for a given reporting  
> station, with quite a lot of mathematics applied to smooth out the  
> daily variations.
>
> I have a table of these Climate Normals for Shearwater Airport,  
> just outside Dartmouth. The normal temperatures for today and  
> tomorrow are the low point of the annual cycle: the normal maximum  
> at Shearwater is about -1 C and the minimum is -10 C.
>
> Starting Monday, the normals begin their slow climb back up again,  
> and we are on our way out of the depths of winter. Can Spring be  
> far away?
>
> Peter Payzant
>
>

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