25 MAY 1998. ALBERTA: WEATHER
Winter 1997/98, Spring 1998: "The winter of 1997/98 was
unusually mild and somewhat dry with lower-than-average snowfall. The spring
of 1998 has been warmer than usual and has been dry. During the winter
at this latitude, life can be pretty tough. The temperature often drops
to -40 C. for many days at a time. Transportation and heating fuel usage
is very high during such times. This winter we were spared the usual number
of such occurrences. Life during the past winter was more tolerable and
even pleasant. Transportation and heating fuel use was definitely lower
than usual. During the spring of 1998 life has been considerably more appealing
than usual. The leaves came out on the trees approximately 3 weeks earlier
than usual. It sure has been nice to see the green leaves for an extra
three weeks of one's life! Who knows if we could ever attribute our recent
pleasant climate experiences to El Nino (or ENSO, as you employ the term),
but we have been enjoying it."-- --Paul Sutherland <psuther@agt.net>
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1997 El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO 97-98)