Rank |
Smoke
hours |
Smoke
days |
‘Metar’
smoke days* |
Rank |
|||
1 |
163 |
1961 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
105 |
2021 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
74 |
2018 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
4 |
31 |
1998 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
5 |
27 |
2023 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
6 |
16 |
1957 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
7 |
16 |
1989 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
8 |
14 |
1981 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
9 |
12 |
1954 |
|
|
|
|
9 |
10 |
12 |
1955 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
DEFINITIONS:
Smoke hours = Number of hours of smoke reported in the ECCC Climate Archives hourly data.
Smoke days = Number of days with smoke reported in the ECCC Climate Archives hourly data.
'Metar' smoke days = Number of days with smoke reported anywhere in metar/airway reports, be it the main condition or in the remarks, along with ANY reduction in visibilty. Note that 'Haze/HZ' is not considered as smoke.
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