Parts of Sask. experiencing warmest December on record
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The above normal conditions have been getting many people outdoors, but has also stopped people from enjoying their annual winter activities.
Parts of Saskatchewan are experiencing their warmest December on record. The above normal conditions have been getting many people outdoors, but has also stopped people from enjoying their annual winter activities.
Will McDowall is visiting from England. He regularly comes to Saskatchewan and is shocked by the level of snow this year.
“I had been hoping to do some cross country skiing because I don’t get to do that in England, but there’s no snow for that,” he said. “Every other year I get to do a little bit of skiing and this year I can’t.”
Part of the province are seeing temperatures at about 9 C above the month’s average. According to Environment Canada, 94 high temperature records were set in Saskatchewan in December, with 18 of those being set on Dec. 22.
The last time the ground was this brown was in 1997, with people getting out and enjoying the outdoors.
It was a complete shift from the winter of 1996, which saw lots of snow and set the stage for dangerous flooding in Swift Current and Moose Jaw.
The nice weather now is something to enjoy but some residents are worried about possible dangers in the future.
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