MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 2008 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 -19.0 -15.0 1:30p -21.2 8:30a 37.3 0.0 TR 0.8 19.3 4:30a N 28 2 -19.3 -11.3 12:00m -26.4 8:45a 37.6 0.0 0.0 6.9 49.9 10:45p SSW 27 3 -8.8 -3.1 1:30p -12.3 10:30p 27.1 0.0 0.0 8.4 66.0 1:00a SSW 23 4 -7.2 -4.0 1:45p -12.0 12:45a 24.2 0.0 0.0 7.6 38.6 5:00p SSW 20 5 -3.7 -1.1 5:45p -9.8 7:00a 15.3 0.0 0.0 5.6 32.2 11:45a SSW 18 6 -0.8 2.9 2:15p -3.9 8:15a 19.1 1.0 0.0 3.5 25.7 10:15p SW 17 7 -7.3 -2.8 12:45a -11.7 12:00m 25.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 19.3 12:30a SSW 16 8 -11.4 -7.6 2:45p -16.4 12:00m 29.7 0.0 TR 0.2 9.7 11:15a NW 16 9 -13.1 -8.2 7:45p -19.2 4:00a 31.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 11.3 2:00p SW 16 10 -9.0 -7.9 3:30p -10.9 8:00a 27.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 16.1 11:15a N 16 11 -10.5 -9.1 7:00p -11.7 5:15a 28.8 0.0 0.6 1.3 17.7 4:45p N 16 12 -11.2 -9.3 2:00p -13.2 8:30a 29.5 0.0 1.8 1.6 19.3 6:45a N 16 13 -18.7 -8.8 2:15a -25.7 11:45p 35.8 0.0 0.0 3.4 27.4 4:00a N 18 14 -24.9 -20.7 12:00m -29.3 8:15a 43.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 22.5 11:45p SW 18 15 -12.6 -9.1 6:15p -20.7 12:15a 30.9 0.0 0.0 14.5 51.5 12:30p SSW 17 16 -17.0 -9.2 12:15a -26.0 10:15p 35.3 0.0 0.4 5.0 33.8 1:30a N 17 17 -20.5 -13.5 3:30p -26.2 12:15a 38.8 0.0 0.2 4.3 35.4 5:30p SSW 17 18 -24.5 -21.2 3:45p -27.7 10:15p 36.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 29.0 2:30p N 17 19 -24.2 -20.3 4:00p -26.9 2:15a 37.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 20.9 1:00p NW 17 20 -24.9 -19.7 1:30p -30.5 8:30a 43.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 16.1 11:15a SW 17 21 -22.6 -14.8 10:30p -30.5 8:30a 40.9 0.0 0.0 3.4 30.6 8:45p SW 17 22 -21.2 -15.2 1:30a -28.3 11:15p 37.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 27.4 11:00a N 17 23 -24.8 -18.0 1:45p -29.8 8:45a 43.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 20.9 1:30p NNW 17 24 -19.9 -10.6 3:45p -27.2 12:15a 38.2 0.0 TR 3.9 29.0 12:45p SW 17 25 -17.6 -10.4 2:15p -23.2 6:30a 35.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 1:30p SW 17 26 -16.9 -11.9 3:45p -20.1 7:45a 34.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 17.7 11:30a SSW 17 27 -10.0 -4.4 3:45p -16.8 12:15a 27.4 0.0 0.0 3.4 30.6 1:30p SSW 17 28 -8.3 -4.4 1:30p -19.6 12:00m 26.6 0.0 0.4 5.1 48.3 11:00p N 17 29 -25.1 -19.6 12:15a -27.8 11:30p 43.4 0.0 0.2 5.3 48.3 12:45a N 17 30 -28.4 -23.6 4:00p -31.8 12:00m 46.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 25.7 12:45p NNW 17 31 -22.2 -13.0 10:00p -32.0 12:15a 40.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 35.4 10:30p S 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -16.3 2.9 6 -32.0 31 1047.6 1.0 3.8 3.2 66.0 3 N JANUARY 2008 HIGHLIGHTS Mild first half.. Cold second half.. Little snow overall. The predominant feature of January 2008 in Winnipeg was the lack of precipitation. Only about 4 cm of snow was recorded for the month in Winnipeg, the lowest January snowfall here since 1973 (2.8 cm) and the 4th lowest January snowfall since records began in 1873. The only other precipitation for the month was a brief freezing rain event on the 6th that left about 1 mm of ice making for slippery conditions on city streets and sidewalks. In total, the 5 mm of precipitation at the airport would make this January the 7th driest on record. The lack of precipitation was due to a storm track that was either north of south of the region, with precipitation bearing systems generally bypassing southern MB. The few that did cross the region brought limited moisture. The lack of snowfall comes on the heels of a snowier than normal December that saw about twice the average snowfall. Snowpack was at a consistent 17 cm much of the month.. about half the snowdepth this time last year. Up to Jan 31st, I've recorded 62 cm of snow in Charleswood since October, a little below the average of 69 cm by the end of January. Temperature wise, January 2008 actually finished about one degree above normal but that was mainly due to a mild first half that saw temperatures climb to a monthly high of +3C on the 6th. A pattern change by mid month ushered in typically cold weather for the last half of the month.. with some bitter wind chills of -47 recorded near the end of the month. Even so, the lowest temperature of the month was a moderate -32.9C on the 14th at the airport, -32.0C at my site on the 31st, with no record lows established during the month. Overall, a split month temperature-wise with little snow.