By Matt Vooro
This has been a very chilly spring in Canada. This marks a continued trend of cooling in the last few years likely related to the PDO. Snow even fell this June in the south central (photos from Calgary courtesy Madhav Khandekar).
Lows this morning (courtesy of WSI) show the continued chill.
See larger image here.
The trends since 2006, shows most of Canada has participated. The following shows Canada Spring Temperature Trend Comparison 2006-2009 Departures from 1948-2009 Trend.
See larger table here.
The difference is calculated using this Environment Canada Data Set as of June 10, 2009.
See pdf here. See Matt’s recap of the incredible Canadian winter here.