100 2014: coldest winter in 100 years - records broken. cdn2014 Environment Canada has released its list of top weather stories over the past year, and the long winter chill took top spot. "Stick a thermometer into Canada and it read a measly 0.1 C above normal — the coldest year since 1996 and certainly out of step with the planet, which was on target to being the hottest year since modern records began in 1880," Environment Canada says. The Great Lakes attained 92 per cent ice coverage for the first time in 35 years, sea ice was back on the East Coast and ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence was its thickest in 25 years. frozen Niagara falls froze over again Two years in a row. That hasn't happened since the cooling period of the 1960s.

mich Highest ice levels ever recorded. "The record ice coverage for all five lakes was set in 1979 at nearly 95 percent. In mid-February, the Great Lakes were nearly 90 percent covered in ice. Last year, Lake Michigan was only 20 percent covered. The average ice coverage is around 40 percent." mini ice age A mini ice age? In MY global warming? It's more likely than you think not more More storms? No, there aren't more storms because of climate change. We just do a better job of recording them all after WWII, that's all. according to Professor Stefan Grab and postdoc researcher Jennifer Fitchett of Witwatersrand university in South Africa. The two scientists write: By analysing three storm track records spanning periods of 66–161 years, we establish that much of the perceived change in storm numbers can be attributed to improvements in storm detection methods over the past century. The new study is published in the International Journal of Climatology. The "debunk" and "myth" quotes are from a Witwatersrand uni announcement highlighting that research and another paper by Fitchett, which suggests that winter frosts in South Africa are set to become more damaging.