. Agri-news. Agriculture. Phone (403)427-2121. CO CO CO CO GO GO co or January 18,1993 1992 weather challenged Alberta farmers Alberta's average annual temperature was warmer than normal and total precipitation was below normal says Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's weather resource specialist. The average annual temperature in 1992, based on data recorded at 31 climate stations across the province, was °C warmer than the average for the period 1951 through 1980 says Peter Dzikowski of the conservation and development branch in Edmonton. The climate stations averaged mm of p
. Agri-news. Agriculture. Phone (403)427-2121. CO CO CO CO GO GO co or January 18,1993 1992 weather challenged Alberta farmers Alberta's average annual temperature was warmer than normal and total precipitation was below normal says Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's weather resource specialist. The average annual temperature in 1992, based on data recorded at 31 climate stations across the province, was °C warmer than the average for the period 1951 through 1980 says Peter Dzikowski of the conservation and development branch in Edmonton. The climate stations averaged mm of precipitation. This total was mm below the 1951 to 1980 average of mm he adds. "For Alberta, 1992 was 'warmer' and 'drier' just like 1991," says Dzikowski. "But the real story of the weather's impact on agriculture is found in the monthly ; Many parts of the province had conditions very different from what the provincial averages portray he adds. "For example, the annual total precipitation at Lac La Biche was 261 mm, 55 per cent of its long term average. Pincher Creek received more than twice that amount, mm, which was 117 per cent of its 1951 to 1980 ; For eight months of 1992 precipitation was within 25 per cent of the long term average (see attached graph). January though June were below normal, with March notably dry. In March the province received an average of mm, or only 32 per cent of the long term average. July was average. August, October and December were below normal, while September and November recorded above normal precipitation. June was 1992's wettest month. An average of mm fell that month. This was 97 per cent of the monthly normal. On the temperature side, 1992 began with temperatures well above normal and ended with below normal temperatures (see attached graph). The first four months of the year were extremely warm. A very warm January—temperatures were °C above normal—was follow
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