Thompson was awash -- or is that adrift -- or maybe just plain covered in a fresh white layer of snow last Saturday.
That was weeks after the last of the snow had seemingly melted and early spring and late winter temperatures had generally been running several degrees above normal, setting records for three consecutive days - from March 6 to 8 - when Thompson shattered daytime high temperature records that had stood as far back as 1968, said Environment Canada meteorologist Dale Marciski in Winnipeg. That's a year after such temperature records began being collected for Thompson.
On March 6 it was 9.5 C, breaking the old record of 6.3 C set in 2000. The next day it was an incredible 11 C, breaking the March 7, 1968 previous record of 6.8 C. And on March 8, the temperature was 9.8 C, besting the old record of 8 C in 1990, Marciski said.
The most recent cold snap returned April 22 and snow was all over the ground by mid-morning April 24.
The good news is spring is back this week. Tomorrow's forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 19. The normal high this time of year is 11 C.
