This was the snowiest November in Waterloo region since 1950, UW weather station reports
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November saw the most snow in Waterloo region in 75 years, Frank Seglenieks of the University of Waterloo’s weather station says.
“Not only did we have a very early first snowfall on Nov. 9, but also over 30 cm on Nov. 28,” Seglenieks wrote in a monthly report released Saturday.
“This put the total for the month at 59 cm, well above the average of 11 cm and more than any November snowfall in recent history. The only November I could find with more was way back in 1950 when they had 105.4 cm, including an impressive 61 cm on Nov. 24.”
The E.D. Soulis Memorial weather station is located on the university’s campus in Waterloo.
Environment and Climate Change Canada records temperatures and precipitation amounts at the Region of Waterloo International Airport in Breslau, although it does not record snow accumulation amounts.
Environment Canada meteorologist Rob Kuhn posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, about the snowfall on Nov. 9. He said Kitchener saw 14 cm that day. The previous record of 10.2 cm was set in both 1921 and 1933.
The weather agency reported that Waterloo region also broke a record on Nov. 29 when a winter storm brought 29 cm of snow to the area in one day.
Trudy Kidd, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said actual amounts of snow may have varied quite a bit, even within the region, because snow squalls during the storm at the end of the month were “highly localized.”
“Some areas got hit hard and others not so much,” Kidd said, but added the snow squalls the region experienced “were pretty historic” when it came to impact.
“We really got nailed by those snow squalls,” she said.
Temperatures fluctuated during the month, too.
The university’s weather station reported a maximum temperature of 13.4 C and a minimum of –6.6 C. Seglenieks writes that the month was 0.7 degrees below average, but still within the average range.
The data from Environment Canada said the warmest day was Nov. 15 at 13.6 C. The coldest was Nov. 19 when the temperature dipped to –8 C.
As for December, Environment Canada’s outlook says southern Ontario is expected to experience average temperatures for the rest of the month.
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