What were temperatures like during the past year?

[someone123]

Since the year's just about over I thought it would be interesting to look at some Environment Canada weather data. I used the Halifax dockyard station. Here's how 2019 looked:

Average annual high: 11.7
Average annual low: 4.0
Annual average: 7.9
Warmest daily high: 34.4
Coldest daily high: -7.1
Warmest daily low: 18.7
Coldest daily low: -15.1

A preliminary chart:


It's interesting to see how the daily variability drops so much when going into springtime, while winter is all over the place. It was a below average winter for nightly lows but not highs. I suspect that 34.4 day (July 5) is a big outlier too. There are probably plenty of years when this station doesn't hit 30.

When the December 31 data comes in and I get some time I'd like to make a better chart with proper time markings.

[someone123]

Guess this doesn't really need a new thread. Here's 2020, cross-posted from the Canada weather thread:

Originally Posted by someone123

2020 EC weather data is in.

Here's a chart of daily highs for Halifax Dockyard, 1 dot per day, Y axis is temperature in degrees C:



Mean daily high: 12.7
Mean daily low: 5.1
Mean daily mean: 8.9

Highest high: 32.3
Lowest high: -7.9
Highest low: 19.8
Lowest low: -15.4

The number of days over 30 is much higher than expected but I haven't calculated an annual average for this station and EC hasn't published it either.

[q12]

https://twitter.com/YHZ_Weather/stat...75839808581636