Record Watch: April 2, 2020

April 2, 2020 wasn't a record, but it's worth talking about.

Low Temperatures

The low temperatures on April 2nd, 2020 hit -20.8°C. That's still well above the record (the thin, blue line) but it was a new coldest-in-30-years temperatues.


History

The actual record was back in 1954 at -25.6°C. And 1920, 1935 & 1936 were also all a bit below -22°C.

So April 2nd, 2020 wasn't a record, but it was still notable.


-20°C in April

This was the first -20°C that Blatchford had recorded during April since 1982. And going all the way back to 1880 there were only 12 years total that had a -20°C in April.


But 2018 was also Cold (and 2002 too)

-20°C is obviously an arbitrary cutoff , and so it is worth mentioning that cold Aprils are not totally unknown. April 2018 started with a few Lows around -18°C (even as late as April 6th). And April 2nd, 2002 almost hit -20°C with a Low of -19.5°C.

So the April 2nd, 2020 Low of -20.8°C is a nice piece of trivia, but it's not entirely unusual.