Rideau Canal skating season is over, NCC says. Canal had 38 skating days this season

Is that good/bad compared to other years? I'd give this year a C- in NH. December sucked, January was brutally cold for 2-3 weeks, and February was either snowing or 40 degrees. I think we skated once since January.

I'd say par for the course - Canal usually lasts a bit longer into March but it is what it is. I'd give the Ottawa Backyard Season a "B+" simply because of the amount of snow that we had this year, which is a huge improvement from the "D" (maybe a "P" for poopy) I would give last year. I officially opened the rink on December 15th and I skated on it last night (soft from the +4 weather but I'm holding on as long as I can!) and will attempt to skate tonight as well. If I follow my skateable days on RW.org, I only "lost" 19 days from Dec 15 to unskateable days.