The entry period is now over for the 2021 edition of
the UW weather station contest!

Thanks to the over 1000 people who entered and now we wait for the winner!

Here are some details about the contest:

The challenge is to guess the exact date and time the University of Waterloo Weather Station will first register a temperature of 20.0 degrees Celsius or greater. In case nobody guesses the exact time, the winner will be the person closest to the correct time.

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
2019	May	6	11:15 am
2020	May	16	3:15 pm

 

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DATES AND TIMES
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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, 2021.

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 14 we will start to use Daylight Saving Time).

5. All entries must be submitted by 9:00 pm EST, Feb 28th 2021.

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.