MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for DEC. 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 -12.6 -5.3 12:00m -18.3 8:45a 30.9 0.0 0.0 3.4 41.8 9:45p NNE 5 2 -5.7 0.9 9:15a -11.6 12:00m 24.0 T 0.2 7.2 45.1 2:15p N 5 3 -12.4 -8.6 1:30p -14.8 5:45a 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.8 32.2 1:15a N 5 4 -11.9 -9.4 2:00p -13.9 12:30a 29.9 0.0 0.2 0.3 19.3 1:00a WNW 5 5 -11.2 -8.1 4:00p -14.6 2:00a 29.5 0.0 2.0 5.8 35.4 10:00a SSW 5 6 -19.3 -12.1 12:15a -24.0 11:30p 37.6 0.0 0.0 4.5 35.4 12:15a N 7 7 -17.2 -12.5 6:00p -23.9 12:15a 30.7 0.0 5.8 0.5 20.9 9:15a S 7 8 -16.7 -13.3 4:00p -19.7 3:00a 34.6 0.0 T 1.0 22.5 11:30p N 12 9 -18.4 -16.2 2:00p -22.8 9:45p 36.7 0.0 0.4 0.5 11.3 12:15a N 12 10 -17.1 -12.2 1:45p -21.8 12:00m 35.3 0.0 6.0 1.6 27.4 6:45p N 14 11 -22.7 -19.5 1:45p -29.3 11:00p 40.6 0.0 0.0 0.5 19.3 11:30a N 17 12 -11.6 -7.2 11:00p -28.8 12:15a 23.0 0.0 1.0 3.2 29.0 7:15a SSW 17 13 -20.1 -8.2 12:15a -25.9 11:00p 38.4 0.0 0.0 12.6 41.8 7:45p N 17 14 -25.9 -25.3 11:15p -26.7 10:00a 42.4 0.0 T 13.7 43.5 3:30a N 17 15 -27.5 -25.4 1:45p -28.8 8:30a 32.5 0.0 T 0.2 17.7 7:30a SW 16 16 -24.3 -21.3 5:15p -27.3 1:00a 42.6 0.0 0.0 5.0 32.2 11:30a SSW 16 17 -24.1 -21.2 1:45p -28.3 8:00a 41.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 1:45a SSW 16 18 -23.7 -20.6 1:15a -26.0 7:00p 42.0 0.0 0.2 4.0 25.7 11:30a N 16 19 -21.6 -16.9 12:00m -25.9 12:15a 39.9 0.0 2.0 0.2 12.9 3:15p NNE 16 20 -17.4 -15.6 6:00a -18.9 4:15p 35.7 0.0 7.0 2.3 30.6 11:00p N 22 21 -22.3 -17.8 12:30a -25.6 12:00m 40.6 0.0 0.4 6.8 43.5 2:45a N 24 22 -25.2 -20.7 12:00m -30.0 8:15a 43.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.1 4:00p SSW 24 23 -19.2 -15.7 11:00a -26.3 12:00m 37.5 0.0 2.0 0.3 17.7 12:15p N 24 24 -27.2 -23.5 1:45p -31.4 8:15a 45.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 9.7 8:15p W 25 25 -16.8 -10.4 12:00m -24.4 12:15a 35.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 20.9 12:15p SSW 24 26 -8.1 -6.2 1:15p -10.4 12:15a 26.4 0.0 1.0 2.1 22.5 8:45p S 24 27 -16.3 -10.1 12:15a -22.4 11:15p 34.6 0.0 T 1.8 20.9 5:00a N 24 28 -19.8 -15.9 12:00m -22.8 12:45a 38.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 11.3 2:15p SW 23 29 -16.5 -12.3 3:00a -23.1 9:00p 34.8 0.0 T 1.4 25.7 4:45a NW 23 30 -22.6 -19.0 12:15a -26.9 11:30p 40.9 0.0 0.0 1.8 25.7 4:45p N 23 31 -21.0 -15.8 10:30p -26.6 2:15a 38.9 0.0 0.0 5.0 27.4 9:00a S 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -18.6 0.9 2 -31.4 24 1114.5 T 28.2 2.9 45.1 2 N ..DEC 2008 HIGHLIGHTS.. COLDEST DECEMBER IN 8 YEARS.. - 5 degrees below normal at YWG airport (-19.4C vs -14.4C), coldest December since 2000 (-22.0C) - only 2 days above normal for the month - extended cold snap from 13th-24th - 28 cm monthly snow at my site.. slightly above normal (20 cm for December) - much higher snowfall south of the border with Grand Forks and Fargo registering their snowiest December on record (75-80 cm)