The month of January was extraordinary weather-wise across New Brunswick.
Especially in the south, temperatures were as much as five degrees or more above normal which is considered significant.
Environment Canada meteorologist Jill Maepea said the province’s two largest cities were quite balmy.
“Moncton saw its second warmest January on record and Saint John saw its fourth warmest ever,” she noted.
Modern weather records generally date back to the 1880s for many locations in the province.
“In Moncton, the normal temperature for January is -8.9°C and last month saw an average of -3.4°C, so it was much above normal. In Saint John, the monthly mean temperature was -2.7°C and the normal is -7.9°C.”
Maepea noted how precipitation across the south often fell as rain rather than snow given the above average temperatures.
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