Weather

For the month as a whole, October was warmer (+0.8 C) and wetter (119%) than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).

September was cooler and wetter than the 30-year climate normal (1981-2010).

In terms of temperature, the average anomaly for the province was -1.1C below normal.  The abundant precipitation was largely from two events: post-tropical storm Dorian on the 7th and a Great Lakes/tropical moisture merge on the 24th.

Climatologically speaking, August was pretty uneventful; that is, until Erin arrived at the end of the month and brought some much needed moisture to the area.  Erin dumped enough moisture to push the total precipitation anomaly above average across the south, however, the north remained dry and below average (based on 30-year climatology (1981-2010)).  In terms of temperature, the average anomaly for the province was normal (0.0C).

July 2019 was drier and slightly warmer than long-term climate normals (1981-2010). See all the details in the attached final report for July and an outlook for August.

From  Jill Maepea, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist / Client Service Operations Atlantic, Environment and Climate Change Canada

June was fairly similar to May, except not quite as cold but still below long-term climate normals (1981-2010).  Precipitation varied from dry in the north, to wet in the south as it did in May 2019.

See all the details in the attached final report for June and an outlook for July.

Overall, May was colder and drier than climate normals (1981-2010) for the province.

See all the details in the attached final report for May and an outlook for June -- from Jill Maepea, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist / Client Service Operations Atlantic, Environment and Climate Change Canada.

You are correct if you thought April 2019 was rather gloomy.  April 2019 was cooler and wetter than the 30-year average (1981-2010). A number of stations were in the top 4 for wettest April and it was the first time in many years that we did not reach 20˚C in the month of April.

March 2019 was cooler and drier than the 30-year average (1981-2010). 

See all the details in the attached final report for March and the outlook for spring from Jill Maepea, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Winter 2018-2019 was cooler and wetter than climate normals.  Is spring 2019 predicted to have the same conditions?

Please see attached for the detailed winter 2018-2019 report and an outlook for spring 2019, courtesy of Jill Maepea, Environment and Cliate Change Canada.