Victoria Day 2017 in Review

This past long weekend was the kind of Victoria Day that sets unfair expectations for all future Victoria Day long weekends:

With Friday hitting 19.9°C, Saturday and Sunday in the mid-20s, and Monday reaching 26.4°C, the Victoria Day weekend of 2017 was the overall 2nd-warmest since 1995, coming in behind 2008. And 2017 and 2013 are the only years since 1995 which recorded 0 precipitation over the 4 days.

When I'd first looked at Victoria Day weather last year I'd summed it up like this:

• It's almost never above 25°C (4 times since 1995, including 2017)
• It's almost never below 0°C
• It's above 20°C less than half of the time
• 75% of the time there's at least one genuinely rainy day, and 90% of the time there's at least a little rain.

So Victoria Day is pretty hit-or-miss, but 2017 was definitely a hit. Hopefully everyone was able to enjoy it.