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Here's what El Nino means for Canada's winter (www.ctvnews.ca)
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After seven years of La Nina conditions, the surface temperature of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean has warmed again, signalling the switch to a global El Nino event. Here is what Canadians can expect this El Nino winter.

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[–] RagingNerdoholic 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Where is that? We had a metric fuckton of snow and cold last winter in Manshitoba. I'm not denying climate change, just saying that last winter was painfully typical.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I mean I heard Winnipeg is a frozen Shithole from a very reputable source so that tracks. In ontario though winter basically stopped existing 10 years ago.

[–] LoganNineFingers 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Frozen? Yes

Shithole? Absolutely not!

[–] grte 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's a reference to this album. From a patriotic Winnipegger.

[–] LoganNineFingers 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you for clarifying! I had no idea

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What part of Ontario are you talking about? Did you not get any of the ice storms last year? Ottawa was hit with 38.mm of freezing rain just back in April.

IIRC a lot of people were stuck at home around the holidays, too. At some points the snow was blinding. I agree that there is less snow overall through. It's sad to see.

[–] streetfestival 1 points 2 years ago

In ontario though winter basically stopped existing 10 years ago.

This aligns with my experience of winter in Toronto. Last year, iirc, we had one week that was absurdly cold, maybe 2 or 3 snow falls that were more than a few cm, and otherwise it was a low-precipitation 4.5 months of about -4 Celsius. Winter was more of an event in Toronto 20 years ago when I was a kid. Snowstorms that grinded the city to a halt weren't uncommon. Maybe this is hindsight bias, and I should look at some data to verify it.

That said, it's clear from others' posts that winter is different in other places in Canada - without going too far either, like Muskoka or Ottawa

[–] girlfreddy 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I clear snow in Winnipeg and we definitely didn't have a shit ton of snow last year. In fact I only had 40 hours of work between Jan 1 and the end of April.