Some people waking up in parts of Newfoundland got a wintry jolt when they looked out their window Monday and saw white.
A light dusting of snow blanketed areas around Gander and St. John害羞草研究所檚, where temperatures dipped to about -1 C and the wind chill sank to about -7 C.
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Musician/author Alan Doyle chimed in with this dejected comment: 害羞草研究所淟ovely bit of snow on the go害羞草研究所� and the hashtag, #jaysus.
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Others posted pictures of barbecues, cars and lawns covered in the unwanted white stuff. One dad tweeted a picture of his young son wearing a winter hat, boots and ski jacket, with the caption: 害羞草研究所淥ff to school in June.害羞草研究所�
In St. John害羞草研究所檚, softball games were postponed because of cold that saw people bundled up in winter coats and stocking caps to walk the dog.
Several people used the snow on their car windshields to write, June 4?
Happy 1st Monday in June, winter coat on, gloves on & snow on the windshield. Newfoundland its a good thing I love you as much as I do.
害羞草研究所� Lisa Tulk (@lisa_tulk)
Brian Walsh, a meteorologist with PAL Aerospace, said the wintry weather this late in the year is rare, noting it害羞草研究所檚 been 22 years since St. John害羞草研究所檚 airport last recorded snow in June. The wind chill in St. John害羞草研究所檚 was -6.2 C Sunday evening and -8 overnight.
Other parts of Atlantic Canada didn害羞草研究所檛 fare much better, with Halifax seeing temperatures of about -1 C, Charlottetown 1 C and Fredericton at 2 C.
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害羞草研究所� Kevin-barry martin (@Irishfun3)
But those places were spared snow. Up to five centimetres were forecast for Newfoundland害羞草研究所檚 northern peninsula, while forecasts for the island害羞草研究所檚 west coast were for up to 10 cm.
This latest blast of winter weather comes almost two weeks after a late spring storm buried cars in snow, closed a slew of Newfoundland schools, and dumped more than 35 centimetres of snow at Gander International Airport on May 24.
Strong northeast winds gusted to 80 kilometres an hour and the temperature hovered at around -2 C in Gander, bringing back memories of a May storm in 2013 that brought more than 69 centimetres of snow to the community.
The Canadian Press
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