2006 ANNUAL CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), HEAT BASE 18.3, COOL BASE 18.3 DEP. HEAT COOL MEAN MEAN FROM DEG DEG MAX MAX MIN MIN YR MO MAX MIN MEAN NORM DAYS DAYS HI DATE LOW DATE >=32 <=0 <=0 <=-18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 06 1 -3.1 -10.3 -6.3 11.5 760 0 3.1 6 -27.8 22 0 24 31 4 06 2 -9.3 -19.8 -14.4 -0.8 902 0 -0.9 28 -32.8 17 0 28 28 19 06 3 0.1 -8.2 -3.9 2.2 682 0 5.3 31 -19.5 15 0 13 29 1 06 4 15.9 3.4 9.7 5.7 249 7 23.6 22 -7.6 4 0 0 10 0 06 5 19.0 6.8 13.0 1.0 184 23 29.1 23 -4.7 5 0 0 4 0 06 6 25.8 12.6 19.3 2.3 53 82 30.4 30 5.9 22 0 0 0 0 06 7 29.9 14.7 22.3 2.8 26 151 35.5 12 8.4 9 9 0 0 0 06 8 27.4 13.2 20.1 1.6 43 98 32.2 27 6.7 29 1 0 0 0 06 9 20.9 7.4 13.8 1.5 169 35 31.1 15 -2.1 28 0 0 1 0 06 10 9.1 -0.5 4.1 -1.2 443 3 26.8 1 -5.9 15 0 1 21 0 06 11 0.1 -8.1 -3.8 1.5 643 0 12.4 22 -22.4 30 0 13 28 2 06 12 -4.3 -13.1 -8.6 5.8 825 0 2.4 13 -26.7 3 0 28 31 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11.1 -0.0 5.6 2.8 4980 400 35.5 JUL -32.8 FEB 10 107 183 33 PRECIPITATION (mm) (SNOW STATS IN CM.. 10:1 RATIO ASSUMED) TOT DEP MAX DAYS OF RAIN FROM OBS. OVER YR MO RAIN SNOW NORM DAY DATE .2 2 20 --------------------------------------------------- 06 1 1.6 30.8 +12.7 7.0 16 7 1 0 06 2 0.0 18.8 + 3.9 8.6 9 1 1 0 06 3 15.1 24.6 +18.2 13.0 1 13 5 0 06 4 21.1 0.0 -10.8 13.7 11 7 2 0 06 5 42.2 0.0 -16.6 8.1 2 15 8 0 06 6 20.1 0.0 -69.4 7.4 5 8 3 0 06 7 12.4 0.0 -58.2 4.8 25 6 3 0 06 8 39.4 0.0 -35.7 15.2 12 9 6 0 06 9 37.8 0.0 -14.5 17.8 17 9 5 0 06 10 8.2 19.4 - 8.4 12.6 30 8 3 0 06 11 5.4 20.4 + 0.8 15.4 28 9 2 0 06 12 0.0 36.8 +18.3 17.0 31 4 1 0 --------------------------------------------------- 203.3 150.8 -159.7 17.8 SEP 96 40 0 WIND SPEED (km/h) DOM YR MO AVG. HI DATE DIR --------------------------------- 06 1 4.4 49.9 31 N 06 2 3.1 40.2 9 N 06 3 4.5 46.7 7 N 06 4 4.6 53.1 17 N 06 5 4.8 51.5 28 N 06 6 2.7 43.5 20 N 06 7 2.8 45.1 18 N 06 8 2.7 57.9 20 N 06 9 2.7 49.9 15 N 06 10 4.2 61.2 13 N 06 11 3.5 56.3 20 N 06 12 3.1 45.1 7 N --------------------------------- 3.6 61.2 OCT N ROB'S OBS 2006 STATS Max temperature: 35.5C (Jul 12) Min temperature: -32.8C (Feb 17) Mean annual temp: 5.6C (2.8C above normal) (officially, 5th warmest year on record in Winnipeg) Total rain: 203 mm (202 mm below normal, or 50% of normal rainfall.. one of the driest years on record) Total snow: 151 cm ( 36 cm above normal) Max 24hr rain: 17.8 mm (Sep 17) Max 24hr snow: 29.0 cm (Dec 30-31) Max wind gust: 61 km/h (79 km/h adjusted) from the North (Oct 13th) Highest barometric pressure: 1045.3 mb (Feb 17) Lowest barometric pressure: 988.7 mb (Nov 8) Highest dewpoint: 22.9C (Jul 30) Highest humidex: 44C (Jul 30.. 35C air temp with 22c dewpoint) Lowest relative humidity: 21% (April 24.. 10C air temp with -11C dewpoint) Overall, the main story for 2006 was the dryness and warmth.. 10 out of 12 months were warmer than normal including the warmest January on record and the second warmest April. Pecipitation was at a premium with below normal rainfall for every month of the growing season (April through September) culminating in one of the driest years on record in Winnipeg since records began in 1872.