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For Canadians, March of 2015 will be remembered very differently depending on where in the country you live.

March: A month of contrasts from coast-to-coast


Michael Carter
Meteorologist

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 8:31 PM - For Canadians, March of 2015 will be remembered very differently depending on where in the country you live.

This image shows the temperature contrast between east and west for the month of March. Areas in red represent temperatures above average, which were seen across much of the west and in particular Alberta.

Meanwhile areas in blue represent temperatures below average, which dominate most of southern Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. Some of the coldest temperatures to be found (shown in green) were across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, where a series of powerful storms brought record snowfall along with persistent cold.



As an example of this extreme temperature contrast, we’ve performed an analysis on average daily high temperatures in March for two locations: Calgary and Halifax. Compared to the last 50 years of data, Calgary’s temperatures for March of 2015 were 6.29°C warmer than average, while Halifax’s temperatures were 3.26°C colder than average.

These are quite impressive values, and in fact both were nearly record setting. Halifax’s average high temperature for the month is the second lowest in the last 50 years, and only missed taking the top spot away from 2014 by the slimmest of margins.



On the other end of the spectrum, Calgary had its third warmest March of the past 50 years, and the warmest since 1994.



So March of 2015 will definitely be quite memorable for many, but for quite different reasons depending on whether you call the east or the west home.

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