Winter’s last gasp

[Patman]

Winter’s last gasp​

Last? It's still mid-February.

So true. Canadians always hope that March means the end of winter weather but in reality the threat is always there until May. I have experienced a big snowstorm in Southern Ontario in late April before.

 

[Number_35]

So true. Canadians always hope that March means the end of winter weather but in reality the threat is always there until May. I have experienced a big snowstorm in Southern Ontario in late April before.

Yup, I remember sitting in a dressing room after a hockey game, March 1, 1989, and another player saying "Where's this global warming they're always talking about? Bring it on!"

It was -30°C outside. (We were playing in an indoor arena.)

We've had temperatures in excess of -20°C in early April.

We've had heavy dumps of wet snow (albeit short-lived) here as late as May.

And we got rained out camping in the Rockies in July one year. Heading into Calgary to dry out at a hotel, the rain turned to wet snow.

 

[53' Stude]

It will be -40 in Saskatoon today. I was recenty in Calgary where is was -5 F and a can of Coca Cola blew up on the passenger seat. Enough already!

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It’s CANADA!!!