. Agri-news. Agriculture. -A JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Month Based on preliminary data from Environment Canada Normal is defined as the 1951 - 1980 average Cold December ends 1992 Cold, snowy weather was December 1992 across most of Alberta says Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's weather resource 'The average monthly temperature, based on 31 weather stations across the province, was °C. That was degrees cooler than the long term average for 1951 through 1980," says Peter Dzikowski of the conservation and development branch in Edmonton. Co


. Agri-news. Agriculture. -A JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Month Based on preliminary data from Environment Canada Normal is defined as the 1951 - 1980 average Cold December ends 1992 Cold, snowy weather was December 1992 across most of Alberta says Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's weather resource 'The average monthly temperature, based on 31 weather stations across the province, was °C. That was degrees cooler than the long term average for 1951 through 1980," says Peter Dzikowski of the conservation and development branch in Edmonton. Cold Arctic air covered the province through the month sending temperatures to record low values at several locations. Grande Prairie, for example, recorded a frosty °C on December 30, 1992. "December's monthly average temperatures at individual locations ranged from to °C below normal," he adds. "In contrast, December 1991 had average temperatures four degrees warmer than ; 2 The cool weather contributed to the average mm of precipitation that fell across the province. This was slightly below the monthly long term average of mm. The western part of Alberta and the Peace region received the most precipitation in December says Dzikowski. The highest amount recorded during the month was mm at Rocky Mountain House. This was 171 per cent of its normal December total of mm. In eastern Alberta, Cold Lake and Lloydminster received mm and mm respectively. This was about normal for Cold Lake and 126 per cent of the monthly normal for Lloydminster. On the temperature side, High Level recorded the coldest average for the month at °C. "Still, that was only degrees colder than normal," says Dzikowski. The warmest average temperature for the month was °C recorded at Pincher Creek. That average was ° below normal he says. Lloydminster was °C below its normal, recording an average temperatu


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