7.6 cm: Largest late-season snowfall hits just days before June
It’s rare for accumulating snow to fall this late in the year outside of mountains and the Far North
An unusually cold pattern closing out May brought a historic bout of late-season snow to one section of Eastern Canada.
More snow could fall in the days ahead, including for one major city.
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Sydney, Nova Scotia, picked up an astounding 7.6 cm of snow on Friday, marking the largest snowfall observed this late in the year. The previous benchmark was a 7.1 cm snowfall on the same date back in 1941.
The community’s latest measurable snowfall was 1.0 cm recorded on June 9, 1975.
Folks in Sydney had to bundle up tighter than you’d expect for the end of May. The high temperature there only reached 4.3°C on Friday, making it the third-coldest high measured so late in the season.
Newfoundland is expected to feel the brunt of the chill into Monday, where the forecast high in St. John’s is just 3°C. This would make June 1 a top-ten coldest June day on record at the city’s airport, where records date back to 1874.
A wintry mix is possible across southeastern Newfoundland on Sunday evening and into the nighttime hours, so forecasters can’t rule out some wet snow for portions of the Avalon and Burin Peninsulas. Stay tuned for more on the potential for additional snowfall.
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