Environment Canada says the month of February was littler cooler, but dryer than normal in the Rainy River district
Chantale Serny says temperature-wise it was about a degree below the normal range of minus 11.9 Celsius.
"Over all for the winter, we've been under the conditions of a moderate to strong El Nino conditions," says Serny. "That usually give use milder and warmer temperatures than normal."
Serny says just 12 centimeters of snow fell last month, compared with the 60 centimetres that dropped in February 2009.
