Counsellor advises exercise, good sleep habits to get through P.E.I.’s wet, dark November [Video]

The damp, dreary weather on Prince Edward Island over the past few weeks has been hard on some Islanders, both physically and mentally.

“Looking at data out of Charlottetown Airport, P.E.I.’s last meaningfully sunny day was back on Sunday, November 10,” says CBC meteorologist Jay Scotland.

This November has been warmer than normal so far and slightly wetter, Scotland said, noting that skies have been mainly cloudy to overcast over the last few weeks. 

Cloudy skies on P.E.I. in November are the norm, he pointed out, with the sky being mainly cloudy to overcast 71 per cent of the time.

“I think it definitely does us good to get outside as much as we can, so the bad weather is certainly hard on that,” said Rebecca Taylor, who is a nurse.

She said she and her nine-month-old baby Noah have been missing a lot of their daily walks, so she …