Easter snowfall precedes unusually warm spring
Posted Apr 9, 2012 05:16:46 AM.
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The weather will revert to more normal April conditions this week, after delivering an Easter snowstorm on Sunday.
About eight centimetres of snow fell at Stanfield International Airport. Ten centimetres came down on Colchester and Cumberland, and Moncton residents were digging out of more than 20cm.
The bad weather led to slippery roads and power outages around the Maritimes, but any snow still on the ground today will disappear shortly, thanks to rain and temperatures well above the freezing mark.
However, Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips tells News 95.7 the latest three-month outlook for the Maritimes calls for above-average temperatures and normal precipitation.
“I think people will absolutely love that,” he said. “Farmers would and vacationers would. Warmer and normal amounts of precipitation mean that certainly things will be green and you won’t suffer from too much. It certainly looks like it will be warmer than last summer, which will please a lot of people.”
However, Phillips cautions that it may soon to put away the snow shovel.
“If you look at Halifax, Saint John, Moncton, there’s never been a time after April 1 without snow,” he said. “In Halifax, 70 per cent of your Mays have had a touch of snow. So it’s not as if it should be foreign to you at this time.”
The record snowfall for Halifax Stanfield in April is 28.4 cm, recorded in 1963. The average snowfall for the month of April is 21 cm.
