MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for FEB. 2005 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW/SOG (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS RAIN SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -2.8 0.6 3:45p -8.5 10:30p 21.2 0.0 0.0 12.6 46.7 6:45a SSW 36 2 -4.4 2.5 11:30p -10.3 5:30a 22.7 0.0 0.0 5.6 29.0 3:45p SSW 36 3 -4.2 2.5 12:15a -8.4 11:30a 22.5 0.0 0.0 4.7 29.0 12:15a N 35 4 -8.9 -2.8 3:45a -12.8 1:30p 27.2 0.0 0.0 10.6 40.2 1:30p N 35 5 -7.6 -4.3 9:00a -13.6 11:30p 25.9 T T 10.3 41.8 5:00p N 34 6 -16.5 -13.6 12:15a -20.1 12:00m 34.8 0.0 0.0 5.0 33.8 4:45a N 34 7 -21.8 -17.9 4:00p -26.4 8:00a 40.2 0.0 0.0 3.9 27.4 4:15p N 34 8 -22.4 -16.1 3:30p -28.0 6:45a 40.7 0.0 0.0 0.8 16.1 2:45p SSW 34 9 -17.8 -12.8 3:15p -21.9 12:15a 36.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 19.3 11:00a SSW 34 10 -8.4 0.4 4:00p -19.3 12:15a 26.7 0.0 0.6 4.5 27.4 9:45a S 34 11 -1.3 5.1 2:45p -5.6 12:00m 19.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 22.5 1:00p SW 32 12 -3.6 2.6 2:15p -10.9 8:00a 21.9 T 0.0 0.6 16.1 12:00m SSE 31 13 0.0 1.4 12:00p -2.4 12:00m 18.3 0.0 0.0 8.5 41.8 11:30a SSE 31 14 -6.1 -2.4 12:15a -12.1 12:00m 24.3 0.0 T 6.3 40.2 1:45p N 31 15 -11.5 -5.3 3:15p -17.8 7:45a 29.8 0.0 0.0 3.1 22.5 1:15p SSW 31 16 -15.9 -11.4 12:15a -22.4 12:00m 34.2 0.0 T 1.6 25.7 4:30p N 31 17 -21.9 -16.0 3:30p -25.6 6:30a 40.2 0.0 0.0 1.4 22.5 1:00p N 31 18 -17.3 -11.8 3:30p -24.2 12:30a 35.6 0.0 1.8 4.2 33.8 2:45p N 32 19 -19.7 -12.3 3:45p -26.4 6:45a 38.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 11.3 10:45a N 32 20 -15.6 -11.8 4:15p -21.3 12:00m 33.9 0.0 3.6 1.9 19.3 2:45p N 32 21 -16.4 -9.6 2:30p -23.9 5:00a 34.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 9.7 11:15a SSW 35 22 -15.3 -10.7 4:00p -20.9 7:30a 33.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 16.1 12:45p SSW 35 23 -18.5 -13.3 2:30p -22.1 12:00m 36.8 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.1 2:45p SSW 35 24 -13.2 -7.2 4:15p -22.8 1:15a 31.5 0.0 0.8 1.9 22.5 12:00p SW 34 25 -14.6 -10.2 2:45p -18.9 12:00m 32.9 0.0 0.0 3.2 19.3 2:30a N 35 26 -9.1 -2.5 2:15p -19.9 2:45a 27.4 0.0 1.0 1.3 19.3 11:45a SSE 35 27 -6.7 -4.9 12:00p -12.0 12:00m 25.0 0.0 2.2 6.4 35.4 3:00p N 37 28 -13.2 -7.3 3:00p -18.8 12:00m 31.5 0.0 0.0 3.5 22.5 8:45a N 36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -12.0 5.1 11 -28.0 8 847.2 T 10.0 3.9 46.7 1 N FEB 2005 HIGHLIGHTS ..Quiet month with little weather.. February 2005 was a very quiet month weatherwise in Winnipeg with no major storm systems and below normal precipitation. February is normally one of the quieter winter months in Winnipeg as the "winter doldrums" set in giving the month less snowfall than any other winter month on average. Temperatures in Feb 2005 averaged a little above normal, but that was mainly due to a milder than normal first half that saw temperatures rise above the freezing mark on several days. The second half of the month was consistently below normal, with temperatures failing to rise above the freezing mark and nightly lows frequently in the minus 20s. Snowfall was only 10 cm for the month, most of it falling in the colder second half of the month. Measureable precipitation occurred on only 5 days during the month, with the largest daily snowfall of only 3.6 cm on the 20th. This gave city snow clearing crews ample time to reduce the heavy snowpack of late December and January that backlogged the city. Snowpack stayed fairly steady through the month averaging around the 35 cm mark most of the month at my location. As of the end of February, snowfall for the 2004-2005 season stands at 100.2 cm at my location, just 10 cm short of the average 110 cm for the season. Normal snowfall for March is 16 cm and 10 cm in April, although there can be a large variability since these months are famous for producing some of the city's heaviest snowfalls in the past.