MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for NOV. 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 3.7 8.7 2:45p -0.7 12:00m 14.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 17.7 3:30p N 2 4.9 10.9 2:15p -1.1 1:00a 13.4 0.0 0.0 4.2 32.2 4:15p N 3 2.8 3.7 3:15p 2.1 7:00a 15.4 0.0 0.0 5.6 32.2 12:30a NE 4 2.3 3.4 3:15p 1.3 8:00a 15.3 2.0 0.0 1.6 16.1 1:30a ENE 5 2.5 4.3 3:30p -1.1 12:00m 15.8 0.4 0.0 3.1 32.2 8:00a S 6 1.1 9.3 3:15p -4.2 4:45a 17.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 22.5 1:45p SSW 7 2.8 6.8 1:45p -0.8 11:45p 15.5 0.0 0.0 3.4 32.2 2:15p N 8 1.3 4.0 6:00p -1.3 1:00a 16.9 8.0 0.0 3.1 57.9 12:00m ENE 9 0.9 2.7 2:30p -1.1 11:15p 17.0 3.0 1.0 7.9 51.5 1:30a N 10 3.2 9.1 3:15p -0.7 12:15a 14.7 0.0 0.0 4.7 22.5 1:15a SSW 11 5.1 12.3 2:00p 1.1 6:45a 13.3 0.0 0.0 4.5 22.5 2:30p SSW 12 2.7 5.7 6:30p -0.8 7:15a 15.7 0.4 0.0 7.2 40.2 5:15p N 13 -0.8 2.9 12:30a -7.9 12:00m 19.1 0.0 0.0 8.2 38.6 3:15a N 14 -3.0 0.8 3:15p -8.4 1:30a 21.3 0.0 8.0 4.3 32.2 6:45p ENE 15 -3.9 0.1 4:15a -9.1 12:00m 20.8 0.0 26.0 11.3 51.5 11:15p N 32 16 -13.3 -9.1 12:15a -22.7 12:00m 31.6 0.0 1.0 7.1 54.7 2:00a N 30 17 -14.3 -6.2 10:30p -25.0 4:00a 31.9 0.0 2.4 4.0 32.2 12:45p SSW 27 18 -1.8 2.7 11:15p -10.0 2:45a 20.1 0.0 0.0 4.8 35.4 8:45a SSW 25 19 -1.1 2.7 12:45a -6.1 8:00p 18.1 0.0 0.0 8.4 45.1 6:30a N 18 20 1.5 7.5 2:00p -3.7 6:45a 15.4 0.0 0.0 4.0 35.4 11:15p SSW 16 21 -0.6 4.1 12:30a -3.8 11:45p 18.9 0.0 0.0 5.1 33.8 2:30a N 6 22 -0.9 3.1 12:00m -3.9 12:45a 19.2 0.0 0.0 4.8 32.2 5:30p SSW 5 23 -4.7 3.5 2:15a -13.6 11:00p 23.0 0.0 0.0 13.2 48.3 12:15p N 4 24 -10.7 -7.6 2:30p -13.9 8:00a 29.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 35.4 12:15a N 4 25 -8.4 -4.7 3:15p -10.8 11:00p 26.4 0.0 Tr 1.1 19.3 11:00a SSE 4 26 -7.3 -4.0 3:30p -10.3 12:15a 25.6 0.0 0.0 3.4 33.8 11:15a S 4 27 -6.4 -3.5 2:00p -10.3 4:45a 24.7 0.0 0.0 8.2 41.8 5:00p N 3 28 -8.1 -4.3 12:30a -11.1 9:15a 25.9 0.0 1.4 15.0 53.1 6:45p N 3 29 -10.4 -6.7 1:30p -16.4 11:30p 28.7 0.0 0.6 5.5 41.8 2:45a N 5 30 -11.9 -7.8 1:15p -16.3 12:30a 28.9 0.0 1.2 0.3 16.1 2:30p NW 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -2.4 12.3 11 -25.0 17 613.5 13.8 41.6 5.3 57.9 8 N NOV 2005 Summary: ..Generally mild and dry.. With a big midmonth snowstorm. Nov 2005 was generally mild and dry for the first two weeks before a major snowstorm on the 14th-15th brought heavy snow to Winnipeg and much of southern Manitoba. Over 30 cm of snow was reported in Winnipeg with the storm bringing major travel disruptions to the area. The weather turned mild again for another week before colder weather finally returned for the last week of the month. Overall, temperatures for the month averaged almost 3 degrees above normal, with 25 of 30 days averaging above normal. The coldest temperature for the month was a frigid -25C on the 17th that was recorded in clearing conditions behind the midmonth snowstorm. Precipitation for the month was above normal with 41 cm of snow and 14 mm of rain. However the bulk of the snow fell during the snowstorm of the 14th-15th when 34 cm of snow was recorded at my station, including 29 cm between 7:00 pm on the 14th and 9:00 am on the 15th. In addition the bulk of the rain fell in one storm on the 8th when 11 mm of rain fell. Other than those two main pcpn events, pcpn was generally light for the month with 7 days of minor precipitation.