Canadians love to talk about weather. "Wow it is cold out". "Geez we have had a lot of snow this year". "It is way too hot - we need more rain". So in discussing temperature, precipitation and wind, we are discussing weather and how it is being experienced right now.
I feel our observations are true as we know them to be but if we want to discuss climate - how the average weather patterns are changing in a specific region year to year over a longer term period, then we can't rely on our memories alone especially when the majority of us spend most of our days indoors in our thermostat controlled homes, schools, stores and office building and drive in our air conditioned or heated cars to go to and from places. This is where we need the data.
Unfortunately, it is often challenging to wrap our heads around the data of climate because it is longer term and much larger scale then our daily routines/daily life allows us to notice especially if we haven't experienced a severe weather experience to really have it impact our lives.
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