Our temperature is 31C this afternoon and the forecast is for 35C on Monday and 36C on Tuesday. I guess this averages out for the -35C or -36C in the winter. For Regina the annual average temperature is +2.8C which doesn't sound too bad except the range is -50C to +43C. Fortunately the extremes don't happen too often with 15.7 days/yr >30C and 13.9 days/yr <-30C.
I worked with a man for many years who was originally from India and went to university in England. While in England in the 1960s some Saskatchewan advertising convinced him to come here to look for work. The average temperature looked quite reasonable to him. But when he arrived in January the temperature was nowhere near average. He couldn't afford a ticket to go back to England and the only job he got was surveying the boundaries of the Meadow Lake park (in January.) I later worked with him for many years and he often used this as an illustration of the risks of relying on average data.
We have had Darlene and Lisa here since Friday and they are staying until Wednesday morning. Since the camp in North Battleford which was over last week Darlene has been catching up on her visiting in NB and Saskatoon. (Steve already went home with his parents.) Lisa said that it doesn't seem very hot here to her. I guess it is all relative to what you are used to. But if we hit 36C as forecast there will be not question that will be hot.
UPDATE: We did not quite hit the forecast temperatures with 33C on Monday and 32C on Tuesday.
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