The arrival of spring may be a bit more of a relief in Ontario than usual this year, as new data suggests this winter was the darkest in the province in more than 80 years.
While southern Ontario as a whole saw the least sunlight, the Thunder Bay area wasn’t far behind, according to data compiled by Brian Brettschneider, climate scientist with the United States National Weather Service in Alaska.
“Here in Alaska, the month of February was really remarkably cloudy,” Brettschneider said. “There just never seemed to be any sunlight.”
He said he decided to take a look at whether there was any data to
