MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for DEC. 2011 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), 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 -9.6 -4.0 6:15p -17.7 8:00a 27.9 0.0 0.0 4.0 33.8 12:00m SW 2 2 -1.7 1.3 7:45p -5.0 12:15a 20.0 0.0 0.0 10.6 45.1 10:30a SW 2 3 -6.4 -0.1 4:00a -11.8 7:45p 24.8 0.0 TR 3.5 38.6 4:15a NNW 2 4 -10.7 -7.3 1:15p -18.9 12:00m 29.0 0.0 0.6 1.1 27.4 4:15p NNE 2 5 -18.8 -13.8 1:30p -24.6 8:00a 37.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 22.5 11:45p SW 2 6 -8.6 0.8 10:00p -16.9 12:30a 26.9 0.0 TR 10.3 59.5 11:30a SW 2 7 -6.7 -2.2 12:15a -9.5 10:30p 25.0 0.0 TR 5.6 33.8 9:00p WNW 2 8 -13.6 -9.5 12:15a -16.3 11:30p 31.9 0.0 0.0 5.5 38.6 12:15p WNW 2 9 -15.7 -12.0 11:45p -19.7 8:15a 34.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 17.7 1:00p WNW 2 10 -8.1 -3.3 1:45p -13.0 8:45a 26.4 0.0 0.0 1.4 19.3 2:00a SW 2 11 -7.8 -4.6 3:15p -10.3 10:00a 26.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 19.3 11:00p NNW 2 12 -10.5 -6.2 12:30a -14.1 6:45p 28.8 0.0 TR 1.8 27.4 1:45a NNE 2 13 -6.7 -2.4 11:15p -10.5 12:15a 25.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 19.3 12:15p WSW 2 14 -2.9 -1.3 2:45p -4.8 10:00p 21.3 TR 0.0 2.7 22.5 7:30p SW 2 15 -10.4 -4.2 2:00a -16.8 10:15p 28.7 0.0 0.2 4.7 48.3 6:45a N 2 16 -12.3 -7.6 12:00m -16.7 12:15a 30.6 0.0 0.6 3.7 32.2 11:30p SW 2 17 -5.3 -1.9 1:30p -8.4 8:45a 23.6 0.0 0.0 3.5 30.6 12:45a WNW 2 18 -2.7 0.6 1:15p -5.9 4:45a 21.0 0.0 1.4 3.9 30.6 9:00p SW 2 19 -5.8 -3.7 12:15a -8.9 8:00p 24.1 0.0 0.0 3.2 33.8 11:15p WSW 3 20 -2.1 1.3 4:45p -6.8 12:15a 20.4 0.0 0.0 6.8 35.4 2:15a WSW 3 21 -4.3 -2.1 12:15a -6.3 10:45p 22.7 0.0 0.0 2.7 29.0 11:45a N 3 22 -6.6 -4.2 11:00p -11.8 8:45a 24.9 0.0 0.4 2.3 27.4 8:00p SW 3 23 -5.7 -4.0 1:45a -8.2 8:15a 24.0 0.0 TR 3.1 27.4 11:45a SW 3 24 -3.7 2.4 7:00p -10.6 8:45a 22.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 35.4 7:15p SW 3 25 0.4 2.6 1:00p -2.8 9:00a 17.9 0.0 0.0 7.2 38.6 7:30p SW 2 26 -0.3 5.9 12:30p -11.7 12:00m 18.6 TR 0.8 7.2 38.6 3:45p N 2 27 -15.5 -11.3 12:00m -19.7 9:00a 33.8 0.0 0.0 2.7 29.0 12:15a S 2 28 -9.1 -6.2 1:15p -11.3 12:15a 27.4 0.0 0.8 2.3 33.8 8:15a SW 3 29 -7.4 -6.5 4:30p -9.7 9:30p 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.6 16.1 6:30p S 3 30 -7.9 -5.1 12:00m -12.2 7:00a 26.2 0.0 0.0 2.9 29.0 11:00p SE 3 31 -2.3 1.9 2:45p -5.3 12:45a 20.6 0.0 0.4 9.3 40.2 3:00a SW 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -7.4 5.9 26 -24.6 5 796.1 TR 5.2 4.0 59.5 6 SW DECEMBER 2011 HIGHLIGHTS Very mild and dry.. very little snow.. - 9th mildest December in Winnipeg since 1872 at -8.1C, over 6C above normal (-14.4C) - consistently above normal every day since Dec 10th - only 1 day below -20C at my site (4 at YWG airport) - remarkable lack of snow.. only 5.2 cm at my site all month, 9th least snowiest Dec - no single snowfall greater than 2 cm all month - rare brown Christmas over southern RRV, ND. Only 2 cm snowcover in Winnipeg on 25th - December marked the 6th consecutive month above normal in WInnipeg