MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for FEB. 2002 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB, CANADA ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 51' 00" N LONG: 97° 16' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS RAIN SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -21.5 -13.2 12:00m -27.7 8:30a 38.7 0.0 0.0 1.6 20.9 11:30p NW 2 -11.5 -7.1 4:00p -17.1 12:00m 30.4 0.0 3.0 3.5 27.4 12:15a NNW 3 -20.1 -15.8 2:15p -25.6 9:45p 39.0 0.0 0.0 3.5 22.5 2:15a NNW 4 -12.7 -3.3 4:00p -25.6 12:15a 32.7 0.0 0.0 9.4 45.1 12:00p SSE 5 -10.0 -1.7 6:15p -19.6 5:45a 28.9 0.0 0.0 7.9 40.2 2:30p S 6 -6.5 4.2 1:45p -10.9 11:30p 21.6 0.0 0.0 5.3 51.5 5:00p S 7 -7.2 -1.4 3:15p -11.9 1:00a 24.9 0.0 0.0 6.5 29.0 10:45p N 8 -8.2 -6.1 2:30p -9.8 9:15a 26.3 0.0 0.0 7.6 35.4 11:30p N 9 -10.5 -5.6 4:00p -16.7 11:45p 29.4 0.0 0.0 8.4 41.8 3:15a N 10 -10.2 -5.3 8:30p -17.2 8:00a 29.5 0.0 0.0 4.3 35.4 9:45p SSE 11 -3.0 5.5 11:15a -6.6 12:30a 18.8 0.4 0.6 15.9 59.5 5:30p N 12 -12.7 -4.4 12:15a -17.1 7:45a 29.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 49.9 3:45a N 13 -4.2 2.7 3:00p -12.3 3:30a 23.1 0.0 0.0 4.0 25.7 12:15p SSW 14 -2.8 0.2 2:45p -4.7 5:45a 20.5 0.0 0.0 6.2 40.2 12:00p N 15 -2.6 2.7 2:00p -8.3 7:30a 21.1 0.0 1.0 2.1 25.7 2:30p NNW 16 -4.0 -0.8 1:30p -11.6 11:45p 24.4 0.0 0.0 4.8 29.0 9:45a NNW 17 -1.9 3.8 5:00p -11.3 12:15a 22.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 45.1 12:15p S 18 -1.1 3.4 3:15p -7.0 12:00m 20.1 0.0 0.0 4.5 27.4 10:15a N 19 -8.0 -3.7 3:45p -12.9 8:15a 26.6 0.0 0.0 7.0 30.6 5:00p N 20 -8.6 -2.7 5:15p -13.9 7:45a 26.6 0.0 0.0 2.8 17.7 2:00p N 21 -5.5 4.1 4:30p -14.8 6:00a 23.7 0.0 0.0 1.9 16.1 11:00a SSW 22 -0.2 3.7 4:00p -5.3 1:00a 19.1 0.0 0.0 12.1 67.6 1:30p S 23 -3.8 -1.1 12:30p -10.4 12:00m 24.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 51.5 1:30p N 24 -13.0 -10.4 12:15a -16.0 12:00m 31.5 0.0 0.0 6.5 30.6 3:45p N 25 -13.9 -10.0 3:30p -17.6 4:30a 32.1 0.0 0.6 6.9 45.1 8:45p N 26 -17.2 -10.7 4:00p -20.9 7:30a 34.1 0.0 0.0 7.0 35.4 2:45a N 27 -13.1 -5.7 1:15p -20.1 12:15a 31.1 0.0 2.4 6.8 35.4 9:00p N 28 -20.2 -16.3 3:45p -24.0 12:00m 38.4 0.0 0.0 8.7 35.4 9:00a N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -9.1 5.5 11 -27.7 1 767.6 0.4 7.6 6.6 67.6 22 N Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 19 Min <= 0.0: 28 Min <= -18.0: 7 Max Snow: 3.0 cm ON 02/02/02 Days of Pcpn: 5 (> .2 mm) 2 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) FEB 2002 HIGHLIGHTS: The abnormally mild winter of 2001-2002 continued through much of February. Temperatures averaged 6 degrees above normal at my station, and officially ranked as th 12th mildest Feb on record at YWG airport since 1872 with a mean of -10.0C. Mean daily temps were above normal every day from Feb 4th through 23rd, with a maximum of 5.5C on the 11th. Pcpn was light, with only 8.0 mm for the month on only 5 days. February marks the 4th consecutive month above normal, and makes the winter of 2001-2002 the 8th warmest on record at YWG since 1872 with a mean of -11.7C, some 4 degrees above normal.