February 2012

Feb 2012 - Sydney Mines

Pond Bridge:

Yet another winter month with well above normal than warmer temperatures... both with daytime highs and overnight lows. Precip was near normal.

Temps:

Avg Max..0.7°c (normal -0.6°c)
Avg Min...-7.8°c (normal -9.8°c)
Mean......-3.6°c (normal -5.2°c)

Max.........10.4°c (on the 23rd)
Min..........-15.1°c (on the 29th)
Low Max...-6.5°c (on the 13th)
High Min...-0.1°c (on the 23rd)

Precip:

Total Precip......110.2mm (normal 90.0mm)
Max Daily Precip...33.0mm (on the 11th)

Wind:

Dom Dir...........W
Avg Wind spd...12.2km/h
Max Gust..........SSE 91.7km/h (on the 12th)

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Feb 2012 - Sydney Mines

Victoria Dr:

Temps:

Avg Max..0.8°c
Avg Min...-6.4°c
Mean......-2.8°c

Max.........9.6°c (on the 12th)
Min..........-14.8°c (on the 13th)
Low Max...-7.0°c (on the 13th)
High Min...0.6°c (on the 23rd)

Precip:

Total Precip......83.3mm
Max Daily Precip...26.4mm (on the 11th)

Wind:

Dom Dir...........W
Avg Wind spd...10.1km/h
Max Gust..........ESE 91.7km/h (on the 12th)

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Weather Summary for February 2012 at Scott's Bay, NS:

It was another mild and somewhat dry month.
(Deviations based on 1984 to 2003 average; rankings based on 29 years of record)

Mean Temperature: -2.9° (+0.7°) 11th mildest; mildest since 2010
Average Maximum: +0.9° (+0.3°) 14th mildest; mildest since 2010
Average Minimum: -6.7° (+1.1°) 7th mildest; mildest since 2010

Extreme high maximum: 8.2° on the 15th
Extreme low minimum: -16.7° on the 13th
High minimum: 0.8° on the 24th
Low maximum: -6.5° on the 13th

Days with maximum >=5°: 4 days
Days with maximums >=0°: 17 days
Days with minimums <=0°: 25 days
Days with minimums <=-10°: 6 days

Heating Degree Days: 605.1 (99%) 14th least; least since 2010
Freezing Degree Days: 100.5 (82%) 9th least; least since 2010

Total Rainfall: 43.6 mm (80%) 14th least; least since 2010
Total Snowfall: 24.0 cm (53%) 5th least; least since 2005
Total Precipitation: 67.6 mm (68%) 10th least; least since 2010

Days with rain: 8 days
Days with snow: 5 days
Days with freezing precipitation: 2 days
Days with precipitation: 11 days

24-hour extreme rainfall: 14.1 mm on the 12th
24-hour extreme snowfall: 8.0 cm on the 1st
24-hour extreme precipitation: 21.1 mm on the 12th

Days with SOG: 24 days

Hours of Fog: 0 10th February since 1984 with no fog

Thunderstorm Days: 0 normal

Summary February 2012 - - West Brooklyn Mountain

Temperatures slightly above normal, about the same snowfall as January.

Depart from Norm: +1.4°c

High Temp: 6.4°
Low Temp: -16.8°
Mean Temp: -3.8°

High Wind: 70.8 km/h
Avg wind sp: 7.4 km
Dom wind dir: NNE

Rainfall: 42 mm
Snowfall: 40 cm



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Very similar temp averages to 2008, but less precip,
and less snowfall for the year than any other year in my ~ 20 years of records.

February 2012 in Duncans Cove, NS

Mean Temp: -1.5° ( -3.7˚ normal*)
Average Max Temp: +2.6° ( +0.4˚ normal*)
Average Min Temp: -5.7° ( -7.7˚ normal*)
Highest Max Temp: +6.9° (on 16th)
Lowest Min Temp: -14.9° (on 13th)

Total Rainfall: 114.5 mm ( 71.2 mm normal*)
Total Snowfall: 8.0 cm ( 26.5 cm normal*)
Total Precip: 134.5 mm ( 97.6 mm normal*)
Total Snowfall so far this winter (Nov-Feb): 17.5 cm (78 cm normal*)

Extreme daily rainfall: 40.0 mm (on 11th)
Extreme daily snowfall: 4.0 cm (on 28th)
Extreme daily precipitation: 40.0 mm (on 11th)
Most SOG: 4.0 cm (on 28th)

Total days of rainfall: 9
Total days of snowfall: 7
Total days of precipitation: 14
Total days of SOG: 5 (two of those days <50% cover)
Total days of fog: 3.5
Total dry days: 15
(*For normals, I’m using the data from Sandy Cove NRC Station (1971-2000), which is about 4 km SW of here, and used to be pretty close to my own records)

Truro, NS Averages\Extremes for the month of February 2012

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Average temperature = -4.50C
Average humidity = 79%
Average dewpoint = -7.70C
Average barometer = 1010.8 mb
Average windspeed = 8.5 km/h
Average gustspeed = 12.5 km/h
Average direction = 2830 (WNW)
Rainfall for month = 50.6 mm
Rainfall for year = 101.4 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 0.4 mm on day 25 at time 06:44
Maximum temperature = 6.70C on day 15 at time 15:11
Minimum temperature = -20.40C on day 06 at time 01:23
Maximum humidity = 99% on day 24 at time 02:27
Minimum humidity = 43% on day 27 at time 13:40
Maximum dewpoint = 4.50C on day 25 at time 09:12
Minimum dewpoint = -22.70C on day 06 at time 1:23
Maximum pressure = 1028.1 mb on day 27 at time 09:18
Minimum pressure = 975.1 mb on day 25 at time 07:45
Maximum windspeed = 46.3 kmh from 2480(WSW) on day 25 at time 13:06
Maximum gust speed = 68.5 km/h from 2480(WSW) on day 25 at time 13:08
Maximum heat index = 6.70C on day 15 at time 15:11
Avg daily max temp :-0.20C
Avg daily min temp :-9.70C
Growing degrees days :0.0 GDD
Total windrun = 5894.4km
Frost days= 28
Ice days= 15
Very cold days= 14
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Daily rain totals
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22.0 mm on day 11
05.4 mm on day 12
07.6 mm on day 18
03.6 mm on day 22
01.6 mm on day 23
00.2 mm on day 24
09.6 mm on day 25
00.6 mm on day 26

Snowfall for Feb 50cm
12 days of snow

SS Bay For Feb 2012

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Stats for February for New Glasgow and Halifax. This is one of the greatest differences I've seen b/w the sites. The general weather pattern was indeed stratified north-south. New Glasgow was 1C below normal while Halifax was 2.5C above. Daily max temps were 6.9C warmer in Halifax than New Glasgow. The normal diff is 0.9C warmer! Also worthy of note is the scant snowfall in Halifax/Dartmouth city during February - only 13 cm. Normal is 40 cm.

http://www.novaweather.net/Uploads/Feb_2012.pdf

Chris

I think you made a mistake with your new glasgow temps, your webpage says average high was -1.0 average low -9.3 and a mean of -4.7

A bit milder than the climatological norm in February here, but near normal precipitation. Seasonal snowfall total still running below average due to the slow start to the season.

Monthly Summary of my station vs Gander Int'l Airport:

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Temperature trace from my station for the month:

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Attached day-by-day high and low temps from my station.

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