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Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics
2006
Table 2.7
Annual regional temperature departures, trends and
extremes, 1948 to 2005
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Trend 2 |
Extreme years |
Annual 2005 p |
| Coldest |
Warmest |
| Year on record |
Departure 3 |
Year on record |
Departure 3 |
Rank 4 |
Departure 3 |
| |
degree
Celsius |
year |
degree
Celsius |
year |
degree
Celsius |
number |
degree
Celsius |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada 1 |
1.2 |
1970
|
-0.2 |
1998 |
2.5 |
5 |
1.7 |
| Atlantic Canada |
0.1 |
1972 |
-1.4 |
1999 |
2.0 |
7 |
0.9 |
| Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands
|
0.5
|
1967 |
-0.4 |
1998 |
2.3 |
9 |
1.1 |
| Northeastern Forest |
0.6 |
1985 |
-0.5 |
1998 |
2.1 |
6 |
1.4 |
| Northwestern Forest |
1.7 |
1969 |
-0.4 |
1987 |
3.0 |
6 |
2.0 |
| Prairies |
1.3
|
1979 |
-0.6 |
1987 |
3.1 |
11 |
1.2 |
| South British Columbia Mountains
|
1.5
|
1956 |
-0.5 |
1998 |
2.0 |
8 |
1.1 |
| Pacific Coast |
1.3 |
1951 |
-0.4 |
1958 |
1.6 |
5 |
1.2 |
| North British Columbia Mountains/Yukon
|
2.2
|
1948 |
-0.7 |
2005 |
2.8 |
1 |
2.8 |
| Mackenzie District |
2.0 |
2004 |
-0.7 |
1998 |
3.9 |
7 |
2.1 |
| Arctic Tundra |
1.3 |
2004 |
-0.5 |
1998 |
3.3 |
6 |
1.7 |
| Arctic Mountains and Fiords |
0.9 |
1964 |
-0.7 |
1981 |
2.2 |
2 |
2.0 |
| 1. |
The climate regions of Canada are illustrated
in Map. |
| 2. |
A linear (least square) trend over the period
of record. |
| 3. |
Difference from the normal temperature. |
| 4. |
This column ranks 2005 temperature
departures over a 58 year period between 1948 and 2005.
For example, the Atlantic Canada Climate Region had a departure that was 0.8°C
warmer than the long term temperature average, which ranked the 2005 season
as the 7th warmest over the 58 year period. |
| Source(s): |
Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Climate Research
Branch, 2006, Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin for Canada, Annual 2005, www.msc.ec.gc.ca/ccrm/bulletin/regional_e.cfm (accessed January 16, 2006).
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