HereSA国际影视传媒檚 a quick list of CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 top 10 weather stories for 2023, as compiled by Environment Canada head climatologist David Phillips.
1. Wildfires SA国际影视传媒� Nearly every jurisdiction in Canada had them this year, and the total amount of forest burned doubled the previous record.
2. Wildfire Smoke SA国际影视传媒� Some Canadian cities had air quality as bad as anywhere on Earth as wildfires raged.
3. Hottest Summer SA国际影视传媒� It was the warmest summer in 76 years, dating back to the start of national record-keeping in 1948.
4. Nova Scotia Deluge SA国际影视传媒� Some parts of the province had their heaviest rains in more than half a century. Four lives were lost, including two young children.
5. Wet East and Dry West SA国际影视传媒� As eastern provinces wrung themselves out, the West was parched. In some river basins, glacier-fed waters were the lowest in a century.
6. Hurricane Lee SA国际影视传媒� It was no Hurricane Fiona, but Lee still managed to blow at more than 100 kilometres per hour and leave 350,000 Nova Scotia homes without power.
7. April Ice Storm SA国际影视传媒� An early April storm dropped 12 hours of freezing rain in Montreal and nine in Ottawa. Up 37 millimetres of ice glazed everything, accompanied by 60-kilometre-an-hour wind gusts.
8. Cold spells SA国际影视传媒� Despite the overall warmth of 2023, extreme cold warnings were issued for eight provinces and three territories in late January and February, shattering several temperature records.
9. Quebec Floods SA国际影视传媒� Central and southern Quebec were plagued by heavy rains in July that overflowed riverbanks. In Rivi猫re-Eternit茅, roads collapsed, killing two people.
10. Alberta Tornado SA国际影视传媒� Canada Day saw a tornado north of Calgary that delivered 10- kilometre-an-hour winds and tennis ball-sized hail. Estimated wind speeds topped 275 kilometres an hour.
