MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for FEB. 2003 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB, CANADA ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 51' 00" N LONG: 97° 16' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), SNOW/SOG (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 -4.9 -3.5 1:45p -6.2 8:30a 23.2 0.0 3.4 5.8 29.0 3:15p N 14 2 -7.0 -1.3 2:00p -12.7 12:00m 25.3 0.0 0.0 3.4 29.0 10:15p N 13 3 -17.5 -12.5 12:15a -22.6 12:00m 35.8 0.0 0.0 8.4 35.4 10:30a N 12 4 -21.7 -16.8 12:00m -26.6 6:00a 40.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 20.9 3:30a N 12 5 -19.2 -14.6 2:30p -23.9 12:00m 37.5 0.0 0.0 7.9 35.4 2:45p N 12 6 -25.1 -20.1 1:15p -30.2 8:00a 43.4 0.0 0.0 4.7 29.0 10:15p N 12 7 -12.8 -4.4 12:15p -21.2 12:45a 31.1 0.0 1.5 12.4 46.7 5:30p N 12 8 -20.8 -17.3 3:45p -24.3 9:30p 39.1 0.0 0.0 4.3 33.8 1:45p N 13 9 -22.3 -16.4 12:15p -28.2 12:00m 40.6 0.0 0.0 4.8 38.6 12:45p N 13 10 -24.6 -15.7 10:30p -33.6 7:15a 42.9 0.0 0.0 5.5 40.2 2:30p SSW 13 11 -21.1 -15.3 7:45a -27.0 9:30p 39.4 0.0 0.8 6.8 48.3 9:00a N 13 12 -19.7 -14.9 4:00p -24.4 7:15a 38.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 17.7 1:15p SSW 13 13 -19.7 -15.2 3:30p -24.3 5:15a 38.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 16.1 10:45a N 13 14 -20.8 -16.1 12:15a -25.6 11:45p 39.1 0.0 2.0 7.1 30.6 1:30p N 15 15 -22.9 -15.0 11:45p -30.9 7:45a 41.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 19.3 10:30p SSE 15 16 -9.3 -3.7 4:45p -15.0 12:15a 27.6 0.0 0.0 14.8 48.3 12:30p S 14 17 -7.3 -5.9 2:15p -8.6 12:00m 25.6 0.0 0.0 7.1 38.6 12:15a N 14 18 -11.6 -8.6 12:15a -14.7 12:00p 29.9 0.0 6.1 7.4 40.2 10:45a N 18 19 -9.3 -3.9 3:15p -14.7 7:30a 27.6 0.0 0.0 3.1 20.9 1:00p SSW 20 20 -14.5 -8.2 12:15a -20.7 11:45p 32.8 0.0 0.5 12.6 35.4 6:30a N 19 21 -21.7 -18.7 3:45p -24.7 11:00p 40.0 0.0 0.8 7.9 32.2 2:30a N 19 22 -24.1 -18.4 3:15p -29.7 7:15a 42.4 0.0 0.0 2.4 19.3 1:00p N 19 23 -23.7 -18.3 2:30p -29.0 8:00a 42.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 29.0 5:15p N 18 24 -26.7 -20.1 4:00p -33.3 7:45a 45.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 22.5 1:15p SSW 18 25 -19.8 -12.9 4:15p -26.7 12:15a 38.1 0.0 0.0 3.9 20.9 10:45a S 18 26 -17.8 -8.4 7:45p -27.2 4:30a 36.1 0.0 0.0 4.0 27.4 12:45p S 17 27 -14.1 -8.2 2:45p -20.1 12:00m 32.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 25.7 4:30p N 17 28 -14.8 -7.7 3:15p -21.9 5:15a 33.1 0.0 2.0 6.3 32.2 12:45p S 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -17.7 -1.3 2 -33.6 10 1007.2 0.0 17.1 5.6 48.3 11 N FEBRUARY 2003 HIGHLIGHTS ..A COLD MONTH.. Cold weather dominated throughout most of February, which finished over 4 degrees below normal at my location. Temperatures remained below freezing every day of the month, with a high of only -1.3 on the 2nd. The last time temperatures were above freezing in Winnipeg was back on Jan 8th.. a stretch of 51 consecutive days. Temperatures were below normal on all but 7 days of the month, with nighttime lows frequently dropping into the -20s or -30s. The coldest temperature at my site was -33.6C on the 10th. Snowfall was near normal for the month with about 17 cm fairly evenly distributed through the month. The greatest 24 hr snowfall was on the 18th when 6 cm was recorded at my site. Snowdepth ranged from 12 cm at the beginning of the month to 20 cm by mid month.