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It's finally over!!!!!!!

We have a winner in the UW Weather Station Contest!

Congratulations to Melissa Pan who was the closest
to the actual time of 11:15 am on May 6th, 2019
when the weather station went over 20 degrees.
(and yes that is the latest date in the 20 year
history of the weather station contest)

In second, we have David Hinschberger.

As always thanks for everyone who entered and see you next year!


Thanks to Wayne Jenkinson for the UW Weather Station Contest banner seen at the top of this page.


As a reference, here are the previous winning dates and times:

Year Month Day Time
1998 March 27 1:00 pm
1999 April 3 1:00 pm
2000 March 8 12:00 pm
2001 April 8 12:15 pm
2002 April 11 4:45 pm
2003 April 15 12:00 pm
2004 April 18 5:30 pm
2005 April 18 2:30 pm
2006 April 19 2:15 pm
2007 March 26 3:15 pm
2008 April 17 4:00 pm
2009 April 18 1:30 pm
2010 April 1 1:00 pm
2011 April 10 3:30 pm
2012 March 16 3:30 pm
2013 April 18 12:45 pm
2014 April 13 5:00 pm
2015 April 13 11:45 am
2016 April 16 2:30 pm
2017 April 10 1:45 pm
2018 May 1 10:00 am

 

CLICK BELOW TO SEE WHICH
DATES AND TIMES
WERE CHOSEN

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

1-5

1-5

1-5

6-10

6-10

6-10

11-15

11-15

11-15

16-20

16-20

16-20

21-25

21-25

21-25

26-31

26-30

26-31

The rules:

1. The temperature listed on the weather station is rounded up to the nearest 0.1 of a degree. Thus, the winning time will technically be the first time the temperature is 19.950 degrees Celsius or higher after 12:01 am March 1, 2019.

2. Two people will NOT be allowed to have the same time, hence please check the calendar to make sure that nobody else has already chosen the time and date you are entering.

3. Only one entry per person and e-mail adress will be accepted.

4. All times used in the contest will be local time (ie. at 2:00 am March 10 we will start to use Daylight Saving Time).

5. All entries must be submitted by 2:00 pm EST, Mar 5th 2019.

6. In case of a tie, the person with the closest guess prior to the correct time will win.

7. Any rulings made by the contest organizer (Frank Seglenieks) are final.

8. Prizes must be picked up from the University of Waterloo within 3 months of the end of the contest or the prizes are forfeit.