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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1579606)	12/24/2025 6:39:38 PM
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2024 and maybe 2025 Canada just had its hottest winter ever recorded 'There's no denying the world is warmer and Canada is clearly a part of that.' Canada’s winter has officially gone down as the warmest on record, with average temperatures spiking 1.1 degrees Celsius above the previous record. Bob Whitewood, a climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said he used observational station data to confirm this year’s winter was 5.2 C above the long-term average winter temperature. The previous warmest winter in 2010 was 4.1 C above average. “Clearly, no one has seen a winter like this in Canada,” Whitewood said. “Clearly, this is an indication that things are changing.” The warm winter was the result of a number of factors — including El Niño, warm oceans and climate change — all pulling in the same direction at the same time, said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. “It was like pulling in a tug-of-war but with all the force on one side,” he said. “It is shocking. That isn’t even close to the previous warmest. I get excited by a tenth of a degree. But when the previous one was a whopping 1.1 C cooler? This is astounding. It’s a head-shaker.” Nathan Gillett, a research scientist with the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, said that his team recently found Canada’s winters are warming faster than any other season and that the trend is mostly due to human-caused climate change. “This year, El Niño has made it warmer than usual,” Gillett said. “But my best guess is that human-induced climate change has made the bigger contribution to the warmth this year.” Get used to winter temperature swings, say experts The winter season has been dominated by swings from dry, warm spells to deep freezes. Across much of the country, a lack of early season snowfall was followed by an unseasonably warm early January. Many ski hills across British Columbia struggled to open due to a lack of snow. That included Troll Ski Resort near Quesnel, B.C, which was forced to cancel ski and snowboard events for the B.C. Winter Games. “We may be the snowiest country in the world, but our winters aren’t what they used to be,” said Phillips. On the Great Lakes, ice cover reached historic lows this winter, while the Arctic had its third warmest winter on record, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).