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: Port aux Basques’s average temperature has increased from 4.1˚C in the period from 1961-1990 to 5˚C in 2002-2011.

Temperature Extremes: Over the period since 1910, 8 of Port aux Basques’s 10 hottest years have occurred in the two decades since 1990. In contrast, 1 of its 10 coldest years happened in the same timespan.

Long-Term Consequences: Since the 1980s, the town has been warming at the rate of 0.35 ˚C per decade. If the rate of warming does not change, this would mean a temperature rise of 3.5 ˚C over the coming century.

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

 

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