Sunset at Irishtown Nature Park, 25 January 2020 (Dearing)
Glancing at the data for January 2020, one would think it was as cold if not colder than normal in Southeast New Brunswick.
The thermometer sank below -10°C on sixteen days while four of those days dropped to -20°C or lower during the month.
Despite the frigid weather, January was in fact almost three degrees above normal in Greater Moncton.
Despite two major snowfalls (including one event near 30 cm) and some rainfall, precipitation was close to the thirty-year average.
JANUARY 2020 ALMANAC (at Greater Moncton Int’l Airport, 1981-2010)
Average HIGH -2.1°C
Average LOW -10.1°C
AVERAGE -6.1°C (about 2.8 degrees ABOVE normal)
Extreme HIGH 10.9°C (11 Jan)
Extreme LOW -21.3°C (18 and 22 Jan)
RAINFALL 24.6 mm (NEAR normal)
SNOWFALL 69.6 cm (NEAR normal)
(Data courtesy Environment Canada)
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