Even though the Dauphin area has seen more snowfall this winter than normal, it has been one of the warmest winters on record in Manitoba.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Senior climatologist David Phillips says an indication of how warm it has been this winter is the number of days where we have seen temperatures frail to get above -30.
"Normally, we would have had 13 by now. This year, we have had none. In fact, the days below -20, which is kind of a cool day, we would normally see about 47 of them in a winter in Dauphin. This year, we have had 19, less than half of what you would get."
Phillips says we have been consistently mild since the start of winter.
"November was 3.5 degrees warmer than normal, December was on fire, it was almost 7.5 - 8 degrees warmer than normal. In January we did have the polar vortex, but it was still more than two degrees above normal in Western Manitoba. And February was almost five degrees warmer than normal."
