By Nigel Maxwell

Sunglasses and snowballs

Jan 2, 2012 | 3:45 PM

It’s no secret that 2011 ended on a very warm note.

According to Environment Canada, this past December was among the warmest on record for the Prince Albert area.

“We were eight degrees above normal as a matter of fact. The normal mean temperature for December is -16.6 C and this December we were -8.3 C,” said Meteorologist Gregory Pearce.

He said the warmest day was on the 6th at 6.2 degrees. The coldest day was on the 9th at -22 C.
Farmers may have a reason to be concerned.

“It's been abnormally warm and it's also been dry. Our snowfall for the month was just 12.4 cm. and the normal is 19.6,” Pearce said. “Hopefully that doesn't continue through the whole winter. If it does it may mean some drier than normal conditions to start off the growing season in the spring.”

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nmaxwell@panow.com