It’s now official… Environment Canada says meteorological winter in Metro Moncton was the warmest since record-keeping began in 1881.
A strong El Nino pattern and a lack of ice cover on the nearby Northumberland Strait and Gulf of St. Lawrence are behind the balmy winter.
Meteorologist Claude Cote says the level of warmth was very significant over December, January and February.
“During the three month period, we averaged -3.7 C which is tied with the year 1958,” he notes.
Cote adds precipitation wasn’t too far off the mark with more rain and freezing rain than snow – a far cry from the mounds of snow which piled up last winter.
