{"id":8275,"date":"2026-05-06T12:46:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montrealtips.com\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:35:46","slug":"spring-in-canada-2026-what-to-expect-whats-already-happening-and-the-78-year-trend-underneath-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montrealtips.com\/fr\/2026\/05\/06\/spring-in-canada-2026-what-to-expect-whats-already-happening-and-the-78-year-trend-underneath-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Le printemps au Canada en 2026\u00a0: \u00e0 quoi s\u2019attendre, ce qui se passe d\u00e9j\u00e0 et la tendance sous-jacente vieille de 78\u00a0ans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.mtl-article-body p{font-size:17px;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 16px;color:#1f2937}.mtl-article-body h2{font-size:24px;line-height:1.3;margin:38px 0 14px;color:#0b1f3a}.mtl-article-body h3{font-size:20px;line-height:1.35;margin:28px 0 12px;color:#0b1f3a}.mtl-article-body ul,.mtl-article-body ol{font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px;padding-left:24px}.mtl-article-body li{margin-bottom:8px}.mtl-article-body a{color:#2563eb}@media(max-width:600px){.mtl-article-body p,.mtl-article-body ul,.mtl-article-body ol{font-size:16px}.mtl-article-body h2{font-size:22px}.mtl-article-body h3{font-size:18px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<!-- ===== Spring in Canada 2026 \u2014 Fully Inline Styles, WordPress-Bulletproof ===== -->\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #666; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; max-width: 820px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 0 40px; background: #fff;\">\r\n\r\n<span style=\"display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #a81010; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 4px 10px; background: rgba(168,16,16,0.06); border-radius: 3px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">Seasonal Forecast &amp; Climate<\/span>\r\n<h1 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0 0 18px; padding: 0;\">Spring in Canada 2026: What to Expect, What&#8217;s Already Happening, and the 78-Year Trend Underneath It All<\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.55; color: #444; margin: 0 0 28px; font-weight: 400;\">Forecasters are calling it &#8220;the scenic route from winter to summer.&#8221; After a La Ni\u00f1a winter shaped by polar vortex disruptions, most of Canada is staring at a cold, slow March and April \u2014 followed by a possibly abrupt jump to summer in May. Here&#8217;s the data, the regional breakdown, and the long-term trend that makes 2026 part of a much bigger pattern.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #919191; border-top: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; padding: 12px 0; margin: 0 0 36px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"margin-right: 18px;\"><strong style=\"color: #444; font-weight: 600;\">Period:<\/strong> March \u2013 May 2026<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"margin-right: 18px;\"><strong style=\"color: #444; font-weight: 600;\">Sources:<\/strong> ECCC, The Weather Network, Ouranos, NOAA<\/span>\r\n<strong style=\"color: #444; font-weight: 600;\">Reference baseline:<\/strong> 1961\u20131990<\/div>\r\n<!-- Hero stats -->\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; margin: 0 0 40px;\">\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 170px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 22px 18px; border-top: 3px solid #a81010;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">+1.8\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #919191; margin-top: 8px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3;\">Spring Warming Since 1948<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 170px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 22px 18px; border-top: 3px solid #eb3b3b;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: #eb3b3b; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">61%<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #919191; margin-top: 8px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3;\">Chance of El Ni\u00f1o by July<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 170px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 22px 18px; border-top: 3px solid #1a1a1a;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">12 yrs<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #919191; margin-top: 8px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3;\">Since Spring Was Below Average<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 170px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 22px 18px; border-top: 3px solid #eb3b3b;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; color: #eb3b3b; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">+15 days<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #919191; margin-top: 8px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3;\">Growing Season Lengthening<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Spring is the most variable season in Canada \u2014 the one where the country shifts gears from a -25\u00b0C deep freeze to terrasse weather in roughly 10 weeks. It&#8217;s also the season where the long-term climate trend shows up most visibly. Spring temperatures across Canada have warmed by <strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">1.8\u00b0C since 1948<\/strong>, and the country hasn&#8217;t had a cooler-than-baseline spring since 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">That streak \u2014 12 consecutive springs above the 1961\u20131990 average \u2014 is the longest in modern Canadian climate records.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">For 2026 specifically, the seasonal forecast is unusual. La Ni\u00f1a and a disruptive polar vortex defined the winter. The transition out is shaping up to be slow, uneven, and weighted toward an abrupt jump to warmth in late spring rather than a gradual climb. Here&#8217;s what the data says.<\/p>\r\n<!-- THE 2026 FORECAST -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"the-2026-spring-forecast-in-one-page\">The 2026 Spring Forecast in One Page<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">The Weather Network&#8217;s official 2026 outlook describes the season as &#8220;the scenic route from winter to summer.&#8221; Environment and Climate Change Canada&#8217;s seasonal model agrees on the broad strokes. Here&#8217;s the national picture, month by month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin: 18px 0 26px; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; overflow-x: auto;\">\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Month<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">National Temp Outlook<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Precipitation<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Risk Watch<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">March<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below or near normal across most of Canada<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Above normal in most regions<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Late-season snow events<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">April<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Still cooler than normal in central &amp; eastern Canada<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Near to above normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Spring flooding (snowmelt + rain)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">May<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Abrupt transition; possibly warm in West, mixed in East<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Variable<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Early wildfire ignition (West)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.4; color: #222; font-weight: 600; border-top: 2px solid #a81010; border-bottom: 2px solid #a81010; padding: 24px 0; margin: 32px 0; text-align: center; letter-spacing: -0.005em;\">For most of Canada, spring 2026 won&#8217;t ease in. It&#8217;ll resist for two months and then <span style=\"color: #a81010;\">flip<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n<!-- REGIONAL BREAKDOWN -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"region-by-region-breakdown\">Region-by-Region Breakdown<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Canada doesn&#8217;t have one spring \u2014 it has five or six, depending on how you count. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s expected in each major region this year.<\/p>\r\n<!-- BC -->\r\n<div style=\"background: #fcfcfc; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; border-radius: 3px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: #a81010; margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold;\">British Columbia<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.3;\">A Drought-Stressed Spring on the South Coast<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0 0 8px;\">The South Coast \u2014 Vancouver and Victoria \u2014 essentially skipped winter, with periods of early-spring weather running through January and February. Snowpack is alarmingly low: Vancouver Island sits at <strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">48% of normal<\/strong>, with similar deficits in the South Coast, Chilcotin, Lower Fraser, Lower and South Thompson, and Okanagan regions.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0;\">For the rest of BC, the Rockies should see an extended ski season due to the cold March\/April pattern. The downside: low valley-bottom snowpack and persistent multi-year drought in the Northeast, Chilcotin, and South Thompson are expected to carry elevated Drought Code values into spring, raising early wildfire risk well before June.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- Prairies -->\r\n<div style=\"background: #fcfcfc; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; border-radius: 3px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: #a81010; margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold;\">The Prairies<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.3;\">A False Start, Then a Real One<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg all saw a remarkable mid-winter thaw with record-breaking warmth \u2014 followed by an aggressive return to winter conditions. That early hint of spring has been firmly cancelled.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0;\">Through March and most of April, temperatures will remain below seasonal norms. Above-average precipitation (including more snow) is expected to delay spring fieldwork and planting. By May, the pattern flips toward warmer and drier, particularly in Alberta \u2014 which simultaneously raises wildfire concerns heading into summer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- Ontario\/Quebec -->\r\n<div style=\"background: #fcfcfc; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; border-radius: 3px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: #a81010; margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold;\">Ontario &amp; Quebec<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.3;\">The Slow Lane to Spring<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0 0 8px;\">Toronto, Ottawa, and Montr\u00e9al are headed for a stubborn transition. Colder-than-normal temperatures will dominate through March and well into April, extending ski conditions in the Laurentians and around Mont-Tremblant but delaying the start of the growing season.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0;\">Above-normal precipitation through April raises localized flooding risk in flood-prone basins, particularly along the Ottawa River and in the Eastern Townships. May should bring a meaningful warm-up \u2014 but it won&#8217;t arrive on the calendar&#8217;s schedule.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- Atlantic -->\r\n<div style=\"background: #fcfcfc; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; border-radius: 3px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: #a81010; margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold;\">Atlantic Canada<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.3;\">The Most &#8220;Normal&#8221; Spring in the Country<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0 0 8px;\">For the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador, the forecast is \u2014 relatively speaking \u2014 the most boring. A typical spring marked by an active storm track, near-normal precipitation, and shifting temperatures. Periods of mild weather will be balanced by cooler late-winter-like stretches, but the swings won&#8217;t be as sharp as in central or western Canada.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0;\">May will bring a gradual warm-up rather than a sudden jump. Labrador and Newfoundland may trend warmer than normal overall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- North -->\r\n<div style=\"background: #fcfcfc; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; border-radius: 3px; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: #a81010; margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: bold;\">Northern Canada<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.3;\">The Anomaly Zone (Again)<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0 0 8px;\">The North continues to warm fastest. Above-normal temperatures are forecast across Nunavut, including Iqaluit. Most of the Northwest Territories and Yukon (Yellowknife, Whitehorse) should be near-seasonal, though southeastern Yukon and the southwestern NWT may lean colder.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: #555; margin: 0;\">This regional skew matters for the whole country: the Mackenzie District has the strongest spring warming trend of any Canadian region \u2014 <strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">+2.5\u00b0C since 1948<\/strong>, driving permafrost thaw, earlier lake-ice breakup, and feedback effects on the rest of Canada&#8217;s atmospheric patterns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- THE LONG-TERM TREND -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"the-78-year-trend-how-spring-has-actually-changed\">The 78-Year Trend: How Spring Has Actually Changed<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">ECCC&#8217;s Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin tracks national spring temperatures back to 1948. The numbers are unambiguous. Spring is warming faster in Canada than the global average rate \u2014 and the regional disparities are wider than most people realize.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0 28px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 24px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; margin-bottom: 18px;\">Spring Warming by Region (1948\u20132025, \u00b0C above 1961\u20131990 baseline)<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Mackenzie District<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; background: #a81010; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+2.5\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">North BC \/ Yukon Mtns<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; background: #a81010; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+2.5\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Arctic Tundra<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 88%; background: #e57c1a; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+2.2\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Pacific Coast<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 80%; background: #e57c1a; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+2.0\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Great Lakes \/ St. Lawrence<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 72%; background: #f5b800; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+1.8\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Northeastern Forest<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 68%; background: #f5b800; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+1.7\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Prairies<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 60%; background: #f5b800; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+1.5\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">South BC Mountains<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 56%; background: #f5b800; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+1.4\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 200px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">Atlantic Canada<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 44%; background: #f5b800; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 60px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">+1.1\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #919191; margin: -12px 0 24px; line-height: 1.5;\">Source: ECCC Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin, Spring 2025. National average: +1.8\u00b0C.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">The pattern matches what climate science predicts: warming is most pronounced at high latitudes (the Mackenzie District and Arctic regions) and least pronounced near coastal Atlantic environments where the ocean buffers temperature extremes. Atlantic Canada has warmed less than half as fast as the Mackenzie District over the same 78-year window.<\/p>\r\n<!-- HISTORICAL EXTREMES -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"spring-extremes-on-record\">Spring Extremes on Record<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">For context on what &#8220;above&#8221; or &#8220;below normal&#8221; actually looks like at the extremes, here are the warmest and coolest springs in modern Canadian climate records.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin: 18px 0 26px; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; overflow-x: auto;\">\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Year<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Departure from baseline<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Notes<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">2010<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">+4.0\u00b0C<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Warmest spring on record nationally<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">2024<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Top 10 warmest in 6 of 11 climate regions<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Quebec, NWT, Nunavut +3 to +5\u00b0C above baseline<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">2025<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">+1.3\u00b0C (17th warmest)<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">12th consecutive above-baseline spring<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">2014<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below baseline (last cool spring)<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">No nationally below-average spring since<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">1974<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">\u22122.0\u00b0C<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Coolest spring on record nationally<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"background: rgba(168,16,16,0.05); border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 22px 0; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #a81010; font-weight: bold;\">The streak that matters:<\/strong> Canada has gone <strong style=\"color: #a81010;\">12 consecutive springs above the 1961\u20131990 baseline<\/strong>. The last cooler-than-baseline spring was 2014. Statistically, that streak is essentially impossible without a warming trend forcing the dice \u2014 which is why ECCC&#8217;s bulletins now treat the warming trend as a headline number rather than a footnote.<\/div>\r\n<!-- EL NI\u00d1O TRANSITION -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"the-el-nio-pivot\">The El Ni\u00f1o Pivot<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">The 2026 spring is the bridge year between two opposing Pacific Ocean phases. La Ni\u00f1a \u2014 which had been driving cold winter outcomes across much of Canada \u2014 is fading. As of mid-March, the equatorial Pacific has transitioned to ENSO-neutral, with NOAA forecasting a 61% chance of El Ni\u00f1o emerging during May\u2013July, with potential persistence through the rest of 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Some models are already flagging the possibility of a &#8220;strong&#8221; or even &#8220;Super&#8221; El Ni\u00f1o event by late 2026.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">For Canadian spring, this matters in three ways:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 24px; padding-left: 24px;\">\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">The early-spring chill is La Ni\u00f1a&#8217;s last stand.<\/strong> March and April will likely show the residual cold-pattern signature.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">May&#8217;s pattern flip is partly the El Ni\u00f1o handoff.<\/strong> The transition tends to come with sharp shifts in jet stream position, which is exactly what&#8217;s expected this year.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">Summer 2026 is loaded.<\/strong> Environment Canada&#8217;s annual global temperature forecast predicts 2026 will be among the hottest years on record, with a central estimate of <strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">+1.44\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels<\/strong> \u2014 within striking distance of the 1.5\u00b0C Paris Agreement threshold.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<!-- THE WILDFIRE QUESTION -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"the-wildfire-question-hanging-over-the-season\">The Wildfire Question Hanging Over the Season<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Canada is coming off three consecutive severe wildfire years. 2023 set the all-time record (~150,000 km\u00b2 burned). 2024 was bad. 2025 was the second-worst on record. The question for spring 2026 is whether the current pattern of &#8220;bad fire year is the new default&#8221; continues \u2014 and the early evidence is mixed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 0 28px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 24px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #222; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; margin-bottom: 18px;\">Recent Wildfire Seasons by Severity (Area Burned, Approximate)<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 80px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">2023<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; background: #a81010; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 90px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">~150,000 km\u00b2<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 80px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">2025<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 65%; background: #e57c1a; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 90px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">~98,000 km\u00b2<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 80px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">2024<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 35%; background: #f5b800; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 90px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">~52,000 km\u00b2<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 80px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">10-yr avg<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 18%; background: #5a6f87; border-radius: 3px;\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 90px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #222; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">~27,000 km\u00b2<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 80px; color: #444; font-weight: 600; font-size: 12.5px; flex-shrink: 0;\">2026 ?<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1; height: 22px; background: #f1ede5; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden;\">\r\n<div style=\"height: 100%; width: 50%; background: #e57c1a; border-radius: 3px; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg,transparent,transparent 5px,rgba(255,255,255,0.3) 5px,rgba(255,255,255,0.3) 10px);\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"width: 90px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: #666; text-align: right; flex-shrink: 0;\">Forecast<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">The mixed signals: above-normal snowpack across much of northern Canada and parts of the East should buy time on early spring fires. But persistent multi-year drought in BC&#8217;s southern Interior, northern Manitoba, and eastern Northwest Territories carries elevated Drought Code values into the new season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">As wildfire researcher Mike Flannigan has put it, the new pattern in Canada is that &#8220;most years are going to be bad fire years.&#8221; Spring 2026 is his litmus test.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">For most Canadians, the practical implication is that smoke season \u2014 which used to be a peak-summer concern \u2014 now reliably starts in May. Air quality advisories for Toronto, Montr\u00e9al, Calgary, and Vancouver have become routine spring events.<\/p>\r\n<!-- PROVINCIAL HIGHLIGHTS -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"what-each-major-canadian-city-should-expect\">What Each Major Canadian City Should Expect<\/h2>\r\n<div style=\"margin: 18px 0 26px; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; overflow-x: auto;\">\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">City<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">March-April Trend<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">Watch For<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Vancouver<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Near seasonal, active<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Drought-driven early grass fires<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Calgary<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal then warm flip<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Late chinooks; May wildfire jump<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Edmonton<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Late snowfall events<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Saskatoon<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal, wetter<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Slow start to fieldwork<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Winnipeg<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Red River flood watch<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Toronto<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal, wetter<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Late snow into April<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Ottawa<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal, wet<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Ottawa River flooding<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Montr\u00e9al<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal, slow thaw<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Localized flooding; pothole season<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Quebec City<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Below normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Long winter tail; ice jams<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Halifax<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Near normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Active storm track<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">St. John&#8217;s<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Near to above normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Coastal fog and storms<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Iqaluit<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Above normal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Earlier ice breakup<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- WHAT'S CHANGING ABOUT SPRING -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"whats-already-different-about-canadian-spring\">What&#8217;s Already Different About Canadian Spring<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">The 1.8\u00b0C warming since 1948 isn&#8217;t just a number. It&#8217;s a series of measurable shifts that have changed how spring works in Canada. Here are the most consequential.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; margin: 18px 0 28px;\">\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">+15 days<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Growing season length<\/strong> has increased by roughly 15 days nationwide between 1948 and 2016. Spring starts earlier; first frost arrives later.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">10\u201325 days<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Earlier lake-ice breakup<\/strong> projected for Canadian lakes by mid-century. Already observed at smaller scales in many basins.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">3.3\u00b0C<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Winter warming since 1948<\/strong> \u2014 nearly twice the spring warming rate. The shoulder between winter and spring is the fastest-changing season in Canada.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Earlier<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Spring peak streamflow<\/strong> is occurring earlier across Canada. Snowmelt-driven rivers now peak weeks before they did mid-century.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Decreasing<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Snow cover fraction<\/strong> declining across most of Canada (1981\u20132015), driven by both later snow onset in fall and earlier melt in spring.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Rain &gt; Snow<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Spring precipitation phase<\/strong> shifting from snow to rain. More rain-on-snow events, faster runoff, increased flood volatility.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Fewer<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Frost days and ice days<\/strong> have decreased significantly across all stations in southern Canada since 1948.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 220px; background: #fcfcfc; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #a81010; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 8px;\">More<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #444; line-height: 1.5;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Days with rainfall (\u22651 mm)<\/strong> have increased by ~7 days nationally over 1948\u20132012. Most pronounced in Ontario and BC.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- SPRING FLOODING -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"the-spring-flooding-equation\">The Spring Flooding Equation<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Spring 2026 is shaping up to deliver an unusually high flood risk in several regions. The mechanics are simple: deep northern snowpack + above-normal April precipitation + the chance of a sudden warm-up in May = rapid melt and overflowing rivers.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Watch lists for spring 2026:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 24px; padding-left: 24px;\">\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">Red River basin<\/strong> (Manitoba) \u2014 early state-of-emergency declarations in Peguis and Fisher River have already been issued.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">New Brunswick<\/strong> \u2014 multiple River Watch flood warnings in early-spring communities.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">Ottawa River and Gatineau<\/strong> \u2014 homes flagged as at risk from rising waters.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">Eastern Townships and Beauce, Quebec<\/strong> \u2014 historical flood-prone basins with above-normal snowpack.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\"><strong style=\"color: #333; font-weight: bold;\">Fraser Valley, BC<\/strong> \u2014 atmospheric river season with elevated baseline soil saturation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div style=\"background: rgba(168,16,16,0.05); border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 22px 0; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #a81010; font-weight: bold;\">The pattern:<\/strong> Spring flooding events in Canada are becoming both more frequent and harder to predict. The shift from snow-dominated to rain-dominated precipitation regimes is compressing the melt window, reducing the natural buffer that historically spread out spring runoff over 6\u20138 weeks.<\/div>\r\n<!-- WHAT TO DO -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"practical-implications\">Practical Implications<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">The 2026 spring forecast has direct, near-term implications for everyday Canadians depending on where you live and what you do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"margin: 18px 0 26px; border: 1px solid #e1e1e1; border-radius: 3px; overflow: hidden; overflow-x: auto;\">\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0;\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">If You&#8217;re a\u2026<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"background: #fcfcfc; color: #222; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.08em; font-weight: bold; padding: 12px 14px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #e1e1e1;\">What 2026 Spring Means<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Driver \/ commuter<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Hold off on swapping winter tires until early-to-mid April; pothole season will run hot through May.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Farmer \/ gardener<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Spring planting will be delayed in the Prairies and central Canada. Last-frost dates likely 1\u20132 weeks late in many regions.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Skier \/ ice fisher<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Extended season in the Rockies, Laurentians, and Eastern Townships. Outdoor rink quality declining nationally.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Outdoor event organizer<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">May events at higher risk for unsettled weather. Rain contingencies more important than usual.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Allergy sufferer<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e1e1e1; color: #444;\">Tree-pollen season delayed but compressed; May may deliver a sharper allergy spike.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #222; font-weight: bold;\">Wildfire-zone resident<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 14px; color: #444;\">Watch BC&#8217;s Interior, parts of Manitoba, and the eastern NWT. Smoke advisories possible by late May.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- THE BIG PICTURE -->\r\n<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; margin: 44px 0 14px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.01em;\" id=\"the-big-picture\">The Big Picture<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Spring 2026 is going to feel atypical to most Canadians \u2014 colder for longer, then a sudden flip \u2014 and that experience will mask the deeper trend. Year-to-year variability is real and substantial. But it operates on top of a smooth, durable warming signal of roughly +1.8\u00b0C in spring temperatures since 1948, and that warming is itself accelerating.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">Environment Canada&#8217;s central forecast for 2026 puts the global mean temperature at +1.44\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels \u2014 the 13th consecutive year above +1.0\u00b0C. The 2026\u20132030 period is projected to be the hottest five-year window on record. Spring is where Canadians feel the trend most directly, because spring in Canada has always been the season of transition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">As that transition accelerates, the season&#8217;s character is changing.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.7; color: #666; margin: 0 0 16px;\">For 2026 specifically: pack a light jacket and wait for May. The forecast says winter isn&#8217;t done with most of the country yet \u2014 but when it finally is, the handoff is likely to be abrupt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: rgba(168,16,16,0.05); border-radius: 3px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 22px 0; border-left: 3px solid #a81010; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; color: #444;\"><strong style=\"color: #a81010; font-weight: bold;\">Bottom line:<\/strong> Spring 2026 will be cooler than recent years through April and unusually variable through May. But against the 78-year baseline, even a &#8220;cool&#8221; Canadian spring in 2026 will run roughly two degrees warmer than what your grandparents experienced \u2014 and that gap is widening every year.<\/div>\r\n<!-- SOURCES -->\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 48px; padding-top: 24px; border-top: 1px solid #e1e1e1; font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #919191; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; color: #919191; margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold;\">Data Sources<\/div>\r\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 20px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0;\">\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">Environment and Climate Change Canada \u2014 Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin (Spring 2024 and 2025); Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis seasonal forecasts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">The Weather Network \u2014 Canada&#8217;s 2026 Spring Forecast (released February 25, 2026).<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">ClimateData.ca \u2014 Seasonal forecast probabilities, February to April 2026 outlook.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">Government of Canada \u2014 2026 Global Mean Temperature Forecast (January 2026).<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">NOAA Climate Prediction Center \u2014 ENSO and El Ni\u00f1o emergence forecasts (April 2026).<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">BC Wildfire Service \u2014 Spring 2026 Seasonal Outlook.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">Natural Resources Canada \u2014 Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">Canada&#8217;s Changing Climate Report (2019), Chapter 4 \u2014 Temperature and precipitation indices.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;\">Bush, E.J. and Lemmen, D.S. (2019) \u2014 &#8220;Changes in Canada&#8217;s Climate: Trends in Indices Based on Daily Temperature and Precipitation Data.&#8221;<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"mtl-faq\" style=\"font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif;max-width:760px;margin:36px auto;padding:24px;background:#f7f9fc;border:1px solid #e3e8ef;border-radius:12px\"><h2 style=\"margin:0 0 18px;font-size:22px;color:#0b1f3a\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;padding:14px 18px;background:#fff;border-left:4px solid #2563eb;border-radius:6px\"><h3 style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:17px;color:#0b1f3a\">When does spring start in Canada?<\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;color:#1e293b;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55\">Meteorologically March 1 nationally. Climatologically: the West Coast (BC) sees spring conditions by mid-February. Prairies and Ontario by late March. Quebec and Atlantic Canada by April. Northern territories typically late April to May. The last frost date varies from March in Vancouver to early June in Yellowknife.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;padding:14px 18px;background:#fff;border-left:4px solid #2563eb;border-radius:6px\"><h3 style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:17px;color:#0b1f3a\">What is the spring 2026 forecast for Canada?<\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;color:#1e293b;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55\">Environment Canada forecasts above-normal temperatures across most of Canada for spring 2026, driven by the lingering 2024-2025 El Nino fading to neutral. Precipitation: wetter than normal in BC and Atlantic Canada, drier than normal in southern Prairies, near-normal elsewhere.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;padding:14px 18px;background:#fff;border-left:4px solid #2563eb;border-radius:6px\"><h3 style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:17px;color:#0b1f3a\">How long is spring in Canada?<\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;color:#1e293b;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55\">Officially March 1 to May 31 (3 months). Practical spring (above-zero temps, melting snow, no winter coats needed) typically lasts 8-12 weeks depending on region. Southern Ontario and BC get the longest spring; Yukon\/Northwest Territories get the shortest.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;padding:14px 18px;background:#fff;border-left:4px solid #2563eb;border-radius:6px\"><h3 style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:17px;color:#0b1f3a\">Has Canadian spring been getting earlier?<\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;color:#1e293b;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55\">Yes. Environment Canada data shows the start of spring (climatological transition above freezing) has moved 7-14 days earlier across most regions over the past 70 years. Last frost dates have shifted 2-3 weeks earlier in major cities. Lakes and rivers thaw on average 11 days earlier than in 1950.<\/p><\/div><div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;padding:14px 18px;background:#fff;border-left:4px solid #2563eb;border-radius:6px\"><h3 style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:17px;color:#0b1f3a\">What is the snowiest part of Canada in spring?<\/h3><p style=\"margin:0;color:#1e293b;font-size:15px;line-height:1.55\">Newfoundland and Labrador, the Maritimes, and northern Quebec see the heaviest spring snowfalls \u2014 late March and April systems can drop 30-50cm in 24 hours. The most extreme spring blizzard on record: April 1971 in Newfoundland (96cm in one storm).<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mtl-toc\" style=\"font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif;max-width:760px;margin:18px auto;padding:16px 20px;background:#f9fafb;border:1px solid #e5e7eb;border-radius:10px;color:#0b1f3a\"><h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:16px;color:#0b1f3a\">&#x1f4cd; In this article<\/h3><ol style=\"margin:0;padding:0 0 0 20px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\"><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#the-2026-spring-forecast-in-one-page\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">1. The 2026 Spring Forecast in One Page<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#region-by-region-breakdown\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">2. Region-by-Region Breakdown<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#the-78-year-trend-how-spring-has-actually-changed\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">3. The 78-Year Trend: How Spring Has Actually Changed<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#spring-extremes-on-record\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">4. Spring Extremes on Record<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#the-el-nio-pivot\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">5. The El Ni\u00f1o Pivot<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#the-wildfire-question-hanging-over-the-season\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">6. The Wildfire Question Hanging Over the Season<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#what-each-major-canadian-city-should-expect\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">7. What Each Major Canadian City Should Expect<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-bottom:6px\"><a href=\"#whats-already-different-about-canadian-spring\" style=\"color:#2563eb;text-decoration:none\">8. 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