There was more rain in December than we’ve had since 1941, although it wasn’t an especially mild month. All that rain fell in brief thaws between cold snaps.
Now Environment Canada is predicting a colder than usual January.
Updates from January, 2019 Toggle Comment Threads | Keyboard Shortcuts
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Kate
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Kate
Le Devoir looks at the various transport dossiers and how they’ll likely progress in 2019, including the REM, the new bridge and traffic congestion generally.
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Kate
Various media are noting that Chocolats Andrée, which has been operating on Park Avenue for 80 years, has gone out of business.
Ian
I’m sad to see a longstanding local business roll up the sidewalks. I’m not much into chocolate so I’ve never been there but now I regret going to other places to buy gifts.
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Kate
Thousands of folks reportedly gathered in Old Montreal to celebrate the New Year on Monday night. I’m not seeing any reports of untoward incidents, and the weather stayed much less dramatic than predictions suggested.
CP estimates 175,000 revellers were out in Old Montreal on the night.
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Kate
A man died in Lachine overnight seemingly from a fall on an icy street – and not an old fellow either. He was 35.
Update: News clips are now saying police consider the death suspicious.
Ian 12:46 on 2019-01-05 Permalink
While I recognize that climate change makes weather more difficult to predict, given that it was 1 degree yesterday and 2 degrees today I question the accuracy of this prediciion in even the most general sense.