Despite its maritime location, Atlantic Canada has essentially a continental type climate, but locally the presence of the sea is more of a climate control than altitude. The outer coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia are markedly cooled in summer by the very cold water of the Labrador current. During February 1996, cold weather resulted in an all-time high power consumption in New Brunswick on the 5th. The numbers indicate degrees Celsius by which the temperature departs from normal. The animation steps through the data in 10-day increments.
Values shown are departure from normal in millimetres.
The animation steps through the data in 10-day increments. Risk of extreme weather during La Nina. Insufficient data over gray shaded areas. Some of the material on this page originates with organizations not subject to the Official Languages Act and is only available in the language in which it was written.