Sometimes the dashboards in these posts will become corrupted, and so if you are reading this in the future and things no longer make sense the original charts are here:
- https://twitter.com/yegwxnerdery/status/1609639915083698178
- https://mstdn.ca/@yegwxnerdery/109615735622274671
Warmest & Coldest Years
April, May, November & December were the below-average months, with December as our 18th coldest on record.
At the end of October the temperatures for 2022 had climbed into the #4 spot, but the very cold November & December pushed it back down.
At the end of the year the Highs were 30th warmest and the Lows were 20th warmest, which combined makes it the 18th warmest overall.
For the climate stripes scarf chart 2022 is a fairly dark pink.
The last time that we had a blue stripe was back in 1996, at -1.7°C colder than the 20th century average.
Temperatures Across Canada
Across the country 2022 was a top-10 year for St. John's & Halifax, and top-20 for Montréal, Edmonton & Calgary.
Temperatures Across Canada
Winnipeg was the only city here with a cool year, ranking as its 100th warmest and -0.6°C below the 20th century average.
Warm & Cold Months
2022's temperatures were often split west/east across the country, with a cool January in central Canada, a cool April in the west, a really warm summer in the west, and then a very cold November & December in the west.
The temperatures for July 1st-October 31st were the #1 warmest on record for Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax & St. John's, and #2 for Vancouver & Saskatoon.
That was followed by a November-December which was bottom 10~20 coldest in Vancouver through Regina.
High Temperatures
For 2022 we had 211 days with Highs above our 30-year average, including 5 new warmest-records in July-September.
There were 154 below-average Highs, including 2 new coldest-records in December.
There were lots of above-average days in January, and July-October.
2022 had 118 days with Highs that reached 20°C, which is 2nd only to 122 in 1897 & 1898.
Warm & Cold Months
High Temperatures
The number of 25°C & 30°C days was down from the record-breaking 2021...
...but in Edmonton the summer of 2022 didn't really kick-in until July.
Just from July 1st onwards 2022 had 46 Highs reach 25°C, which was the most on record. And it had 11 Highs of 30°C, which tied with 2022, 1981 & 1933 for 1st place.
Across the country Edmonton and Calgary were the most unusual for 30°C days in 2022, having their 5th and 8th highest numbers on record.
Low Temperatures
For 2022 there were 212 days with Lows above average, including 11 new warmest-records in July-October.
The 153 below-average Lows didn't set any new records, but 16 were the coldest in 30 years, mostly in November & December.
2022 started and (basically) ended with deepfreezes.
We had 33 days with Lows which reached -20°C, while we average around 25 days.
Low Temperatures
That included 16 Lows which reached -25°C, which ties 2021, and is above our average of around 10 days.
2022 also had 4 Lows reach -30°C, which is down from 6 in 2021.
For some trivia, this is the first time that we've had 4 years in-a-row record at least 4 Lows of -30°C since 1969-1972.
For -20°C Lows across the country 2022 was a little above average for all of these cities.
Yearly Extremes
With a warmest High of 33.8°C, and a coldest Low of -34.1°C the range of temperatures recorded in 2022 was 67.9°C.
The record for a calendar year is 80.5°C, set in 1936 and 1886 (our Lows used to get a lot colder).
Frost-Free Days
The final frost of the spring was a little late on May 10th, while the first frost of fall was record-breakingly late on October 23rd.
So 2022 ended up with 166 frost-free days, while our average is 142.
Across the country St. John's & Halifax also had first fall frosts which were a few weeks late, while the rest of these cities were pretty close to their averages.
Edmonton versus Calgary
And finally, a quick comparison of Edmonton & Calgary temperatures for 2022.
Yearly Extremes
Frost-Free Days
Edmonton versus Calgary
The two cities tend to track fairly closely to each other, except that sometimes a Chinook really hits Calgary. We saw that on December 24th & 25th with Calgary's Highs 18°C warmer than Edmonton.
That's the end of Part 1 of our 2022 Year-in-Review. Part 2 will look at precipitation, and part 3 will be all about snow.
That's the end of Part 1 of our 2022 Year-in-Review. Part 2 will look at precipitation, and part 3 will be all about snow.
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