Early year warmth a boon for Mobile Crisis
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Most people enjoy the warmer weather we’ve had in early January but for some people, the lack of an extreme cold snap can be the difference between life and death. For those people, this recent stretch of warmer weather has been extremely good news.
Prince Albert’s Mobile Crisis Unit has felt the benefits of a warmer start to January. At a time of year when average temperatures drop to about their lowest according to Environment Canada, we’ve instead seen a warmer month than December.
“This year versus last year, it’s a little warmer than it was,” said Vicki Stewart, executive director of Prince Albert’s Mobile Crisis Unit. “We had lots of really cold, cold weather last year. This year seems to be a little better and we’ve had some of the community agencies reach out as well to support areas like homelessness.”
Last year, Prince Albert saw more days below -30C than average for every single month of winter. This year’s milder start, which has seen daytime highs at or above the seasonal averages of the -13C mark, has been a welcome change.
