The winter storm may not have broken records, but it was still significant: Environment Canada

Thunder Bay - Environment Canada says the city has experienced historic snowfall for this time of year, but whether it breaks records is hard to say.

Steven Flisfeder, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said snowfall data from recent days is "a bit sparse." Based on volunteer reports, he said the city likely received about 25 cm of snow during the storm from Wednesday to Thursday morning. He said there was a localized area in the northeast where snowfall could have been as high as 30 cm during the storm.

Flisfeder said the snow "is still one of the top ten snowmakers for April."

The weather bureauhad said that the record for the highest single-day temperature in Aprilwas set in 1956, using data from the same climate station. However, Environment Canada says the station has moved many times, resulting in different local readings over the decades.

Flisfeder said Thursday that he used "any station within 20 kilometers of the airport in our records" and found that on April 14, 1983, snowfall was 35 cm.

Regardless of how this storm is officially recorded in the books, the forecast does bring some good news for all those who had to take shelter from the storm, as aside from a few possible showers over the weekend, there is no significant snow accumulation expected in the coming days, with a mix of sun and cloud and temperatures above freezing in the forecast.

"The next few days should be more or less near normal, especially from today to Saturday," said Flisfeder. "So, temperature-wise, daytime highs around 5 degrees, possibly a bit higher on Friday."

He said "not likely" that we will see more heavy snow within the next week or week and a half. Beyond that, he said "it's really hard to give any confidence."

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