What is the climate in Ottawa?
Everyone tells us that ‘when they were young’ snow started in September and didn’t melt until April. The last years, snow falls end of November or even end of December and disappears somewhere between end of February and April. It can be as cold as -27 Celsius. During the winter, snow rarely melts. The summers are nice and warm and people go in shorts to work, even business people (myself). Temperatures are weeks in a row in the high twenties. Spring is only a month and autumn kicks in at the end of September until November. The summer can be very humid. There are many signs of global warming in Canada. Polar bears behaviour, the vegetation in the arctic all show changes. Most Canadians can’t wait for the global warming: the warmer, the better. Only the folks in the Maritimes (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and in particular Prins Edward Island aka PEI) are getting nervous, as they are rather close to the sea.
