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[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

This has been the mildest summer in my 5 years living in the area, I'm loving it

Tornado watches are becoming more frequent tho

[–] desmaraisp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Same here in montreal, my grass has never been this green in the middle of july. Kinda weird that we had all those forest fires when the summer's been pretty damn mild for now

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Mild in Montreal, maybe, but check out the Canadian Drought Monitor as the rest of Canada is in drought. Like, the entire rest of Canada. https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-production/weather/canadian-drought-monitor/current-drought-conditions

Over here in the west it's never been so dry. Pastures are brown, hay and crops aren't just stunted but are dying before maturity. Trees are yellowing and dropping leaves. Plague of grasshoppers eating everything that was still green. Every day is hot and the air is full of smoke, it feels like the end of the world over here.

[–] desmaraisp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah for sure. I knew my region was kind of a standout, but that map is even more damning than I thought, thanks for the link. If I'm reading the article correctly, the issues started long before the summer, the spring was really dry. At least the atlantic got some pretty heavy rain in June, though I'd be curious to see the july report when it comes out

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