Skywatch Almanac Weather Blog
September Weather Notes
Summer lingers in August, even though the days grow shorter, but September is not that forgiving. Just when long evenings would be most helpful to complete the summer's harvest, and stack the wood before chilly mornings and grey afternoons become the rule, night drops its curtain 2 hours earlier by ...
August Weather
Summer continues all the same, and yet somehow it has changed. August is nearly as warm as July, warmer in fact in four years out of every ten. The days are still long, the hills are still green and the lakes are just as inviting as ever. The garden is ...
July Weather
The height of summer has arrived, when hazy, lazy days can be counted on, and the weather slips into the familiar mode of "hazy, hot, and humid". Though the sun reached its maximum in June, it takes a while for the land and water to warm up, thus the warmest ...
April Weather
You could say that April is a case of the “heart is willing, but the weather isn’t able”. We want spring, but the weather’s agenda will not be swayed. It does include some “spring” interludes as the Sun strengthens, turning a frosty morning into a splendid afternoon. However, should clouds ...
March Weather
Winter's reign is at an end, but most years will not see it go quietly. The sun is as strong as that of September, while the remnants of arctic cold linger across Canada. Should they collide in just the right fashion with mild spring rains heading north, winter recaptures its ...
February Weather
We are now entering the second half of winter, which has a very different character. There is still a tremendous capacity for snow and cold, so it is not surprising that February holds the record for the snowiest month in many places, as well as the coldest. Yet the sun ...
January Weather
While the January Thaw may be thought of as a staple of our weather, January rarely fails to deliver the most consistently cold weather of the year. Following the shortest daylight of the year, the lengthening days are hardly enough to off-set the polar region’s continual loss of heat, helping ...
December Weather
The darkest days of the year are not helped by the fact that they are also the cloudiest. This darkness is complete across the arctic regions, and nearly so in the sub-arctic, providing an increasing source of cold air that causes the average temperatures to drop nearly 15 degrees, and ...
November Weather
November’s beauty is an acquired taste. After all, it would not be possible to compare it side-by-side with the foliage of October, nor of the post-card scenes of December. November’s attributes are more subtle as it truly is the transition month between fall and winter. Only the bronze of beech ...
October Weather
Autumn’s stumbling progression is the very essence of October. There are moments still of grace and reprieve, enough that a true optimist might still hope beyond hope that the frost will wait another month. There are days of dark, laden skies, the clouds like a cloak that weighs us down ...