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While some parts of the country made up for a "summer that wasn't," others saw flooding rains, record breaking heat and SNOW through September.

National September stats for 2014


Dayna Vettese
Meteorologist

Thursday, October 2, 2014, 9:09 AM - September 2014 offered many Canadians that didn't get much of a summer a bit of a makeup session by offering some very warm weather throughout the month.

In fact, looking at several major cities across the country, this is the first month since September 2013 where none of the major cities averaged to below normal for the month. Every month since October 2013 has had at least one major city average to a below normal temperature.


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B.C. BASKS IN THE GLORY

B.C. once again basked in the glory that was warm, relatively dry weather. Though there were some hiccups along the way, September 2014 panned out to be above normal for temperatures, near normal for precipitation on the coast and just slightly drier than normal in the interior.

ALBERTA'S ROLLER COASTER RIDE

Alberta, well, let’s just say there are probably quite a few folks feeling a bit nauseous after riding the weather roller coaster that was September 2014. Sure, Albertans are used to such tumultuous weather patterns, but who can forget the snow? We had back to back systems in Alberta that brought heavy snow to portions of the province causing widespread power outages due to trees, still with full summer foliage, bending or falling onto power lines. Over the course of these systems, Calgary’s International Airport recorded almost 30 cm of snow. Edmonton even recorded about 5 cm of snow in the month of September. It’s not uncommon to see snow in September in Alberta, but this was still a harsh reminder of what’s looming around the corner for Canadians. This blast of winter was followed up by hot summer temperatures. We saw our bureau reporters in Alberta go from parkas to flip flops in a matter of a week.

SASKATCHEWAN/MANITOBA ENDS ON A HOT NOTE

Saskatchewan and Manitoba went along for the ride with Alberta though not as extreme. Regina and Winnipeg sat right around normal when all the numbers were averaged. September for the most part ended on a hot note with temperatures in the high twenties and low thirties for some areas.

STORMY START, RECORD BREAKING END IN ONTARIO

September in Ontario started off stormy.


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The first Friday of the month saw a cold front rip across the province bringing hail, downed trees, power outages, gusts over 90 km/h, and over 120 mm of rain to St. Thomas. Later it was confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in Udney, Ontario destroying a barn, drive shed and clubhouse. Another tornado was later confirmed to have touched down on Christian Island, Ontario (near Midland) as an EF0. This brought Ontario’s confirmed tornado count to 18 for the year (yearly average is 12-13 tornadoes).

It didn't stop there. On September 10, more rain and storms brought heavy and flooding rains to southwestern Ontario. Portions of Amherstburg reported about 100 mm of rain and flooded basements. Heavy rain was also reported in northern Ontario where Timmins received almost 80 mm of rain. Then parts of Ontario got some snow. Mid-month, portions of northern Ontario received accumulating snow. Most of the province was treated to a summery end to September with record-breaking temperatures soaring into the high twenties.

SEPTEMBER WASN'T ALL THAT BAD IN ATLANTIC CANADA (EXCEPT FOR THE RAIN)

Atlantic Canada saw temperatures for September at or just slightly above normal. Rainfall was a different story. If you were in Newfoundland of New Brunswick, rain wasn't too big a deal for September. If you live in Nova Scotia or P.E.I., rainfall totals were above normal.

That being said, most of that rain, in fact almost 90% of the rain recorded for September fell in a two day period with a moisture laden low pressure system that moved over the region. We had a few temperature swings across Atlantic Canada, and sure, some days were downright cool and damp but for the most part, September wasn't all that bad.


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