Environment Canada has released its list of the Top 10 Weather Stories for 2008.

     Some of the items that made the list include the pre-winter cold snap across the country, and a record year in terms of hail payouts after a series of hailstorms devastated crops in parts of southern Saskatchewan.

     The record amount of rain received over the summer out east including Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes came in at #1 on the list.