Wow, talk about a month full of extremes.

Crunching the numbers for the month of February paints a picture of dramatically varying weather conditions for Nova Scotia.

One of the big standouts was the weather data from the Halifax airport. With nearly 132 cm of snow, this past month was the snowiest February I could find on records going back to 1961. That 132 cm of snow is about three times the 30-year climate normal of 45 cm.

Total snowfall for February 2017 compared to the climate normal. (CBC)

It even outdid the infamous February of 2015, with its 131 cm of snow.

Greenwood, N.S., had its second snowiest February on record with 144 cm. Sydney had its sixth snowiest February with 132 cm and Yarmouth had 92 cm, making it the 15th snowiest February. All of those locations received between two and three times the climate normal for snow in a February.

A snowy, warm February

Just as remarkable is that by the end of February, there was barely any evidence left on the ground in many areas. The arrival of warm air up the eastern seaboard over the last several days pushed mean February temperatures above normals as well:

Halifax airport: 8th warmest February on record with a mean temperature of -3.4 C

Greenwood: 12th warmest with a mean temperature of -2.8 C

Yarmouth: 13th warmest with a mean temperature of -1.0 C

Sydney: 25th warmest with a mean temperature of -3.7 C

This continued a trend of a warmer winter season for Nova Scotia and the Maritimes as a whole.

So what about March, April, and May? Current computer predictions run by Environment and Climate Change Canada point to continued above-normal temperatures and near-to-above normal amounts of precipitation for the next three months.