The Sixth Estate

The Canadian Climate Survey is tracking historical and average temperatures in cities and towns across the country, as part of an effort to put something of a local face on global climate change.

 

 

Trend: Gimli’s temperatures have risen 0.5 ˚C from its 1961-1990 average of 1.7 ˚C, up to 2.2 ˚C during 2002-2011.

Temperature Extremes: Over the period since the 1950s, 6 of Gimli’s 10 hottest years have occurred in the two decades since 1990. In contrast, just 2 of the airport’s 10 coldest years happened in the same timespan.

Long-Term Consequences: For the moment Gimli is not experiencing detectable short-term warming, and the 10-year average tempearuter in 2002-2011 is the same as it was during the 1980s.

* Data for this chart was taken from the Environment Canada homogenized data archive.

 

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