Sunny and mild

Happy St Patty's Day

Spring is certainly making itself present on this St Patty's Day. It is sunny again and quite mild today with temperatures near 10C or 50F. Yesterday was mild in Kemptville at 7C but a northeast wind resulted in cooler temperatures for Montreal. It only reached 2C and the windchill was well below freezing most of the day. Today winds will be light and the sunshine will take hold and warm temperatures up very quickly. What little snow there is around continues to melt and the ice on the Seaway is breaking up as well.

There is officially only a trace of snow left on the ground at Dorval Airport which made me take a look at past March's to see where they compare. Last year, 2008, we still had mounds of snow left with over 40cm on the ground. That was nothing compared to 1971 when we had well over 100cm of snow remaining. March 71 was snowy, windy and cold the entire moth and Spring arrived late. On April 3 & 4, 1975 we had a massive snowstorm with winds of nearly 100km/h. The heavy wet snow and wind paralyzed the city for more than a day.

So as you can see, winter may not be finished with us just yet, but enjoy the nice weather.