From Heat Waves to Tornadoes The first heat wave this summer may have prompted some people, especially those without easy access to air conditioning, for a return…
Exceptional summer weather continues across North America. However, in Northwestern Ontario this has translated to cooler than seasonal temperatures with rainfall amounts ranging from inconvenient to causing…
After the heat we experienced in late May do we dare think this is the summer season? Temperatures in Northwestern Ontario (NWO) and indeed much of central…
It is spring and you can tell because the sun at mid-day is way above the horizon. The temperatures may introduce a little doubt about what season…
Perhaps hat expression about March should be changed– How about this: In like a polar bear and … Out like a polar bear. The phrase old-fashioned winter has…
The phrase old-fashioned winter has been appropriate to use the season. November is usually a transition from fall to winter and behaved normally this time. Most days…
There are hints of snow on the ground at many locations in the Northwest region. Snow cover, especially at this time of the year depends on elevation…
The changing leaves flag that we are well into the autumn season in Northwestern Ontario. The temperatures for the past two or three weeks have tried to…
Some of our readers may know about the “Weather Whys” column that appears in the Chronicle Journal every second Sunday. Even when it appeared every week there…








