Temperature Trends in Canada and in Europe

                                                                                 Courtesy  of WeatherBell

The image above shows quite an impressive 2m temperature analysis across Europe for the last 7 days - as you can see, much of the continent was enveloped by strongly negative anomalies, except for the extreme SE parts of Turkey. Parts of Western and Central Europe have experienced anywhere from 3 °C to 6 °C lower temperatures than on average, which is surely not a welcoming sight for everyone during the summer months! 

                                                                                  Courtesy of WeatherBell

Here at home, we've seen our own share of ups and downs over the last couple of weeks, especially for those in the prairies and further W into BC. The temperature analysis across Canada over the last 7 days were quite impressive as well - there were strongly negative anomalies across the three prairie provinces including NW Ontario, while the E part of the country including the maritime provinces saw positive anomalies. The largest deviation from average temperatures was in Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, who experienced 5 °C to 7 °C lower temperatures than on average! The exact opposite was seen in the province of Quebec, where temperatures observed were 5 -7 °C warmer than on average. 

Most of the areas along the BC coast and Northern parts of Nunavut also saw positive temperature anomalies - with temperatures 1 to 3 °C above average.