Photo.com/Samuli Siltanen By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist
Mar 27, 2012; 10:09 AM ET
Four people were found dead in an ice-covered lake near Kenora, Ontario, late last week in an incident that may have been tied to record warmth.One man was found dead on the ice, the CBC News website said. Three others were found over the weekend by divers in Selkirk Lake.
While some details related to the deaths were unclear, what was well known is that the ice had deteriorated markedly during an extraordinary warm spell that began during the second week of March.
People had been warned that the warm weather had made ice unsafe on area lakes. "It was honeycombed, and it was deteriorating by the hour," Constable Ronni Grosenick said, referring to the ice at the scene.
At Kenora, the warm spell culminated in June-like highs of 22.3 degrees C (72 F) and 23.8 degrees C (75 F) on March 18 and 19, respectively, weather data available to AccuWeather.com showed.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, and International Falls, Minn., shattered records for highest temperature in March. Kenora may also have set a new high for the month of March.
Normal high temperatures at the time of the historic thaw were not far from freezing, so actual highs reached more than 20 degrees C (at least 40 degrees F) above normal on the warmest days.
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