Off to a chilly start here-- we got to somewhere below -24C/-11F overnight; -18C at noon, going to -13C /8Fthis afternoon! But this is the only cold day this week- back up over night, and +7C /45F tomorrow! Rest of the week from -2 to +9! Normals are -7C day -19C night. We've been mostly above normal since early December..
Still lots of snow though- in this pic from Jan 01 walk in the bush on the farm- you can see in low/open areas snow settles to nearly knee depth; in wooded places like the spruce at the rear of photo, snow ranges from nearly a foot to a few inches or less, bare around spruce trees, and spruce with sunny ground around them, can have quite large bare areas.
