El Nino – a warmer winter

By Rajpreet Singh

A climate expert said Windsor will have slightly warmer winter this year due to El Nino.

El Nino is a band of warm water in the Pacific Ocean which can lead to a milder winter. This year El Nino is weak and water temperature will be about half a degree to one degree warmer than normal.

Weather expert David Phillips said winter will be a lot longer than last year. Local snowfall is expected to 130 cm, whereas last year there was 150 cm of snowfall.

“The El Nino is weak but it does not mean that you can wear muscle shirts and tank tops in January,” said Phillips.

Phillips also said the size of the El Nino is smaller, which means the temperature will not be affected too much in this area. According to Phillips the weather report stated the expected temperature in Windsor during the months of December, January and February will be around 0 C in the daytime and minus 4 C at night.

Even though there will be a temperature increase, people will still be able to enjoy winter activities such a snowmobiling and ice skating.