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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 1d

=NEW MONTHLY RECORDS=

Tuesday brought the warmth to the island. A number of locations seeing their warmest October day on record. 📈

Badger 26.4°C just 0.8°C short of highest reliable official October temperature rec for all of NL (27.2°C, Grand Falls, Oct 14, 1938). 🌡️

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 2d

=NEW MONTHLY RECORDS=

Very warm Monday in #Labrador, with several locations setting new October extreme maximum temperature records. 📈

Nain auto station WFP peaked at 25.0°C – just 1.1°C short of the October record for all of Labrador (26.1°C at Mary's Hr, Oct 7, 2023). 🌡️

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 7d

Oct 1 brings the season’s first single-digit daytime maximums for central & eastern Newfoundland:

9.0°C at Gander #YQX; coolest & first single-digit high since May 25.

9.4°C at St. John's #YYT; coolest & first single-digit high since May 26.

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 7d

Cool morning to kick off October...

Low -3.7°C at Badger; coldest since May 17.

Low -2.9°C at Deer Lake #YDF; coldest since May 23.

Low 0.8°C at St. John's #YYT; coldest since May 27.

Low 2.2°C at Gander #YQX; coldest since May 27.

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 8d

As we close out September, the 20+°C day count for St. John's #YYT in 2025 sits at 81 days.

In 9 of the past 14 yrs, October added ≥1 more day, so will have to wait & see where the tally finishes. Of course, the old record of 79 days (2012 & 2022) is topped either way. Data since 1942.

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 8d

MODIS imagery comparison (5 days ago vs today) shows evidence of fresh snow accumulation on the higher terrain between Nain and the Torngats. ❄️

worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov?v=-69.436076... #nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 9d

On cue for the rollover from Sep to Oct, looks like central & eastern Newfoundland about to see its first day(s) this season to stay solidly stuck in the single digits.

Short-lived cool spell though, rebound by the weekend. #nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 9d

Not too remarkable by #NLwx standards, but a breezy Monday behind a departing low pressure system, adding to the fall-feel.

Peak gusts (km/h) thru 4:30 pm:

82 Robin Hood Bay);
81 (Fort Pt., Trinity Bay);
78 (Sagona I.);
76 (St. John's #YYT);
74 (Cape St. Mary's);
74 (St-Pierre);
71 (Fogo I.).

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 12d

Rain exiting the island after a wet Friday. Amounts (mm) thru 9:30 pm:

53.8 (St. Alban's);
46.0 (Head of Bay d'Espoir);
38.2 (Stephenville);
38.0 (Wreckhouse);
32.1 (PAB);
21.1 (Rocky Hr);
18.9 (Burgeo);
18.8 (Deer Lake #YDF);
12.2 (St. John's #YYT);
7.4 (Gander West).

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 13d

A few Thursday highs into the low the 20s:

22.5°C (Bishop's Falls);
22.5°C (Terra Nova);
22.2°C (Norris Arm);
22.0°C (Mary's Hr.);
21.4°C (Gander West);
20.9°C (Badger);
20.9°C (Clarenville);
20.9°C (Goose Bay #YYR);
20.7°C (HV-GB);
20.5°C (Pool's I.);
20.0°C (Gander #YQX).

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 14d

Frosty morning parts of Labrador and northern Newfoundland.

Low -2.3°C at Wabush #YWK marks first official freeze since June 16 and coldest temperature since May 26. Also makes for the latest first-freeze date at the location since 2012.

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 18d

Hard to believe — it's been 15 years since Hurricane Igor battered NL! 🌀 #nlwx #IgorNL

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 18d

Showers and graupel in western Newfoundland. #nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 18d

Cool morning in #Labrador.

Low -1.6°C at Goose Bay #YYR marks first freeze and lowest temperature since May 26.

No official freeze at Wabush #YWK yet though, despite seeing flurries yesterday. Low 0.3°C overnight marks coldest temp since June 16.

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 19d

Western #Labrador seeing its first flurries of the 2025-26 cold season.

Images from Churchill Falls, Wabush and Fermont (Quebec) web cams.

metcam.navcanada.ca/hb/index.jsp...

www.quebec511.info/en/Diffusion...

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 20d

May have to wait a while before seeing another assortment of temperatures like today's. #nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 20d

With the temperature already just above 20°C at 11:30 AM, St. John's #YYT has officially registered its 80th day reaching 20+°C in 2025. This breaks the old record of 79 days, set in 2012 & 2022, for most occurrences of a Tmax ≥20°C in a calendar year. 🌡️

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 21d

Warm one in western Labrador today; high 24.1°C thru 5 pm at Wabush #YWK.

However the flippening appears to be on the way — notable changes in the next 48 hours! ⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆ #nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 25d

A few frost pockets on the island for the start of the weekend.

Lows thru 7:30 am:

-2.0°C (Portage Lake);
-1.1°C (Jack Ladder);
-0.6°C ( Badger);
-0.1°C (Gallants);
-0.1°C (Millertown);
0.0°C (Springdale Jct);
0.1°C (Deer Lake #YDF);

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 26d

Fall-like air mass brought a few #NLwx stations their first single-digit highs this season today:

9.8°C (Englee);
9.2°C (Goose Bay #YYR);
9.1°C (St. Anthony);
8.9°C (Happy Valley-Goose Bay);
7.9°C (Mary's Harbour).

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 26d

Damp end to the work and school week. Rainfall thru 7:30 pm:

29.1 mm (Mary's Hr.);
20.7 mm (La Scie);
20.2 mm (L'Anse au Loup);
19.4 mm (Gander West);
19.2 mm (Badger);
17.9 mm (St. Paul's);
17.5 mm (St. Anthony);
16.9 mm (Cape Race);
16.6 mm (Millertown).

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · 28d

First official freeze of the season for #Badger this morning, with a low of -1.2°C. Coldest temperature and first time at or below freezing since June 28.

Chilly start across low-lying inland parts the island.

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · Sep 8

=3-WAY RECORD TIE= 📈

With the temperature already into the 20s by 8am, today marks the 79th day this year to reach 20+°C at St. John's #YYT.

This puts 2025 in a three-way tie with 2012 & 2022 for the most 20+°C days in a year on record at the airport (data since 1942).

#nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · Sep 7

Rather warm for September 7. #nlwx

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Rodney Barney @rcbstormpost.bsky.social · Sep 4

Clear-sky before-and-after views of the Conception Bay North area now up on Copernicus from Sentinel-2.

Image on left from Aug 3; image on right from Sep 2. Self-explanatory. 👀

browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=12&lat=... #nlwx

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