Another nasty day, with rain to start and snow to follow. The Ottawa Citizen published a summary of this winter's extraordinary winter, entitled Winter: Misery from end to end. Apparently we are suffering from low energy, mild depression and anxiety created by the challenges of getting about without falling down and breaking something.
We are also approaching the record snowfall experienced in 1970-71 -- 444.1 cm of snow. All the more remarkable as recent winters have been milder, as expected due to climate change starting to have an impact. Apparently this blip is due to the lingering effects of La Nina, a weather phenomenen that creates lower than normal sea temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
Some snowy data:
Snow fallen up to April 10 --436.3 cm
Average snowfall in the 1970s -- 266 cm
Average snowfall in the past ten years -- -216 cm
Snow removed by the City of Ottawa -- 4 million cubic metres
Budget for snow removal in 2008 -- $65 million
Revised budget including the rest of the year -- $88 million
Snowiest day in so far in 2008 -- March 8, when 33.6 cm fell -- and I was in England picking daffodills and enjoying the flowering almonds and magnolia blossoms as well as green grass!
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