MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for JAN. 2009 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 -16.3 -14.2 12:15p -24.2 12:00m 34.6 0.0 10.0 3.4 29.0 1:15p N 30 2 -23.7 -17.6 12:00m -29.0 8:45a 42.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 12.9 12:45a N 30 3 -15.9 -13.2 2:30p -17.6 12:15a 34.2 0.0 11.0 1.0 19.3 6:45a NE 35 4 -26.7 -17.5 12:15a -31.6 10:15p 32.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 1:45p SW 38 5 -28.2 -21.2 12:00m -34.7 7:45a 46.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 12:00p E 38 6 -18.2 -16.2 12:00p -21.2 12:15a 36.5 0.0 0.4 1.1 25.7 3:00p N 37 7 -20.4 -17.7 2:00p -23.6 9:00a 38.7 0.0 0.2 1.1 19.3 12:00p N 37 8 -24.2 -18.7 3:30p -29.2 9:00a 42.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 3:45a WSW 36 9 -21.7 -17.8 6:45p -25.7 9:00a 39.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 8.0 2:00p SW 36 10 -16.4 -13.2 9:30p -21.7 12:15a 34.8 0.0 2.0 1.6 20.9 12:00p SW 35 11 -17.6 -13.9 12:15a -22.1 5:45a 35.8 0.0 0.8 0.3 11.3 12:15a WSW 37 12 -23.2 -15.8 12:15a -29.2 11:15p 36.3 0.0 0.0 3.4 29.0 11:30a N 36 13 -30.0 -24.3 2:15p -36.7 8:00a 48.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 11:15a SSW 36 14 -28.2 -24.6 3:30p -31.6 6:30a 46.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 22.5 1:45p NW 35 15 -28.9 -22.6 1:45p -33.2 8:45a 47.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.1 12:15a WNW 35 16 -24.0 -15.0 12:00m -32.8 12:15a 42.3 0.0 T 6.4 38.6 5:00p S 35 17 -10.4 -6.2 11:15p -15.0 12:15a 28.7 0.0 0.8 1.9 29.0 2:00a N 34 18 -7.3 -3.5 6:15a -14.2 11:00p 25.6 0.0 T 2.6 25.7 12:30p N 33 19 -7.8 -2.3 2:30p -16.3 2:30a 26.1 T T 3.5 35.4 1:00p N 33 20 -7.1 -3.0 4:00p -10.2 1:15a 25.4 T 0.0 2.9 22.5 10:15a W 33 21 -8.9 -4.6 2:30p -11.6 9:45a 27.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 9.7 1:00p W 33 22 -7.6 -3.8 12:00p -16.2 12:00m 25.8 T 2.0 3.4 41.8 7:00p N 32 23 -21.6 -16.2 12:15a -25.2 10:15p 39.9 0.0 0.2 5.8 35.4 12:15a N 34 24 -21.9 -17.6 2:15p -25.3 8:00a 40.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 25.7 12:45p WNW 33 25 -24.3 -19.7 3:45p -27.8 8:45a 42.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.3 3:30p WNW 33 26 -24.7 -19.7 3:30p -30.0 8:15a 43.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 12.9 1:15p SW 33 27 -22.7 -18.3 12:00m -27.2 4:30a 41.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 30.6 10:00p S 33 28 -13.7 -9.8 3:00p -18.7 12:00m 32.0 0.0 T 2.3 30.6 1:15a N 32 29 -21.3 -17.5 4:00p -24.9 9:45p 39.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 17.7 12:45a N 32 30 -14.1 -6.9 10:45p -24.4 12:15a 32.3 0.0 0.8 2.4 19.3 9:30a SSW 32 31 -5.3 3.2 12:30p -9.7 6:30a 23.6 0.0 0.4 3.4 64.4 3:30p N 32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -18.8 3.2 31 -36.7 13 1131.3 T 28.6 1.8 64.4 31 N JANUARY 2009 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..COLD AND UNEVENTFUL.. The main story for January 2009 was the cold. Other than a 6 day midmonth mild spell and a one-day thaw on the last day of the month, temperatures were below normal most of the month. The month averaged over 2 degrees below normal at the airport site (-19.9C vs -17.8C) while it was one degree below normal at my site. Temperatures were especially cold in the first half of the month with a monthly minimum of -36.7C on the 13th. The weather was fairly quiet most of the month with little in the way of storms or significant precipitation events. The month started off snowy with a 10 cm snowfall on the 1st followed by 11 cm on the 3rd. After that though, there was little snowfall.. with only 7 cm the rest of the month, and no daily snowfall over 2 cm. Snowfall for the month totalled 28.6 cm at my location.. a little above average for January (average 22.6 cm) This brings the seasonal snowfall total at my location to 72 cm (average for Winnipeg to the end of January is about 67 cm). The month ended on a mild but windy note as an Alberta clipper raced through the Interlake bringing a brief warmup to southern MB with a monthly high of +3.2C on the 31st.. the first above freezing high in Winnipeg in almost 2 months (Dec 2nd.) The mild temperatures were accompanied by very strong winds gusting up to 100 km/h at Winnipeg airport causing some wind damage downtown. It was Winnipeg's second highest wind gust ever recorded in January. (record gust is 106 km/h on Jan 26 1982) All in all.. a fairly quiet but cold month.