Canada had its hottest year on record in 2010

Not only did 2010 have the warmest Canadian winter and spring on the record books -- going back 63 years in this country -- but Phillips said the sea-ice retreat last spring and summer shattered records in Canada's Arctic and Maritime regions.

"In Canada, we've come through quite an unprecedented year, quite remarkable," said Phillips, who is confident in his prediction will hold even though there's still a month to go.

He called the "back-to-back" warmest winter and warmest spring "extraordinary."

Temperatures were six degrees above normal in some parts of the North last winter, and the average temperature across Canada was 4.1 degrees warmer than normal in the spring.

"Never have we seen such a large positive anomaly," said Phillips.



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