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Weather station
summary for
January 2020:

Max Temperature: 11.0°C
Min Temperature: -20.3°C

Average Daily High: 0.8°C
(-2.6°C)

Average Daily Low: -5.8°C
(-10.3°C)

Total Precipitation: 154.7 mm
(65.2 mm)

(Values in brackets are
the 1981-2010 averages)

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Date: February 26, 2020 Time: 8:15 am

Temperature (current): -2.0 °C
Temperature (24 hour max/min): 2.9 °C /-2.1 °C 
Precipitation (15 min/1 hr/24 hr): 0.0 / 0.0 / 3.6 mm
Relative Humidity/Dew Point: 93.1 % / -3.0 °C
Wind Speed (gust) and Direction: 3.1 (8.3) km/h NE
Barometric Pressure: 101.5 kPa Steady
Incoming Radiation: 0.0 W/m2

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