It’s mid-January and already, locally, the days have started
to yield more light. Leaving the camera store on the weekend, the sun was
shining and still above the horizon after 5 p.m…and
it just makes you feel more positive about everything.
Sunset last week on Kalar Road, Niagara Falls |
Contrast that with this season’s early snow sprinkled with
some bitter cold around new years. Despite some bone chilling days since then,
a few flakes and snowfalls have led to much milder weather overall than last
year. The next week for Niagara looks like this will
continue.
There are several interesting comparisons when you compare
our local weather, here in Niagara, with that of Rankin Inlet. Firstly, our
temperatures and wind chill factors are considerably different. As such, my
warm (i.e. cold weather) gear is ready and waiting having been augmented to a
degree. My time in the north, this time, is occurring later in the winter
season and I expect warmer temperatures into the last half of march. I learned
last time, however, that expectations in the North are seldom a reality. Having
recently talked to staff at the health centre, they have had a series of heavy
winds and blizzard conditions. It affects the staff and life, in general, in the
town.
2008 Snowy Landscape outside Rankin Inlet |
and the airport reporting in Rankin Inlet(CYRT), I
noted a couple of other interesting facts. Here, in Niagara
today, we had a sunrise at 7:44 and
a sunset at 5:10. In Rankin Inlet
the sun rose was 9:14 and the sun was
to set at 3:23(if the clouds and fog
allowed them to see it). More curious was the other stat shown clearly on both
pages.
In Niagara we will gain an extra 1 minute and 52 seconds of daylight, while in Rankin Inlet they will gain 5 minutes and 5 seconds, that’s almost three times more daylight per day and this will continue to increase each and every day.
In Niagara we will gain an extra 1 minute and 52 seconds of daylight, while in Rankin Inlet they will gain 5 minutes and 5 seconds, that’s almost three times more daylight per day and this will continue to increase each and every day.
Coming Soon: LONG DISTANCES
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