Patterson Medal

The Patterson Distinguished Service Medal is awarded by the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) to residents of Canada for services rendered to meteorology. The award was created in honor of Mr. John Patterson, a meteorologist who served as director and controller of the MSC from 1929 to 1946, an important period in his development.

The Patterson Medal was awarded for the first time in 1954 to its namesake after enough funds have been collected. It is considered the most important award for the recognition of exceptional work done in meteorology by Canadians. This is not a distinction of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, but it is customary to announce its award during the Canadian Meteorological Congress.

Winners
The medal was presented to John Patterson in 1954. Due to lack of funds, a 7-year hiatus occurred before the next attribution in 1961 when the SMC committed to fund the award. Since then, it has been awarded annually. The winners are: • 2022 Peter Yau

• 2021 Kimberly Strong

• 2020 David Grimes

• 2019  Paul Kushner

• 2018  Michel Jean

• 2017  William (Bill) Appleby

• 2016  René Laprise

• 2015  Charles Thomas McElroy

• 2014  Ronald E. Stewart

• 2013  William W. Hsieh

• 2012  Barry Goodison, John Wilson

• 2011  John Gyakum

• 2010  Gilbert Brunet

• 2009  Bruce Angle

• 2008  George A. Isaac

• 2007  Francis Zwiers & John C McConnell

• 2006  George Boer & John Falkingham

• 2005  Michel Béland

• 2004  Ian D. Rutherford & Theodore G. Shepherd

• 2003  C. Harold Ritchie

• 2002  Timothy R. Oke

• 2001  James D. Abraham

• 2000  Edward P. Lozowski

• 1999  James R. Drummond & Peter H. Schuepp

• 1998  Peter Taylor

• 1997  Nancy B. Cutler & Lawrence A. Mysak

• 1996  Norman A. McFarlane

• 1995  Jacques Derome & Desmond O’Neill

• 1994  Philip Merilees

• 1993  David Phillips

• 1992  George W. Thurtell

• 1991  R.W. (Dick) Peltier & Isztar Zawadzki

• 1990  George W. Robertson

• 1989  Gordon A. McBean

• 1988  Keith Hage

• 1987  Gordon A. McKay & Douglas M. Whelpdale

• 1986  James P. Bruce

• 1985  André Robert

• 1984  Byron W. Boville

• 1983  John L. Knox  & W.E. (Bill) Markham

• 1982  Svenn Orvig

• 1981  Laurence T. Campbell

• 1980  Morley K. Thomas

• 1979  W.E. Knowles Middleton

• 1978  Roland List

• 1977  Walter F. Hitschfeld

• 1976  J. Reginald H. Noble

• 1975  Wolfgang Baier

• 1974  Robert W. Stewart

• 1973  F. Kenneth Hare

• 1972  Robert Edward Munn

• 1971  Alan W. Brewer

• 1970  Donald C. Archibald & Jay Scott Dickson

• 1969  G. Oscar Villeneuve

• 1968  Warren L. Godson

• 1967  Balfour W. Currie

• 1966  Clarence C. Boughner

• 1965  Donald G. Black & James M. Leaver

• 1964  Andrew Thomson & Patrick D. McTaggart-Cowan

• 1963  Desmond B. Kennedy

• 1962  Reuben A. Hornstein

• 1961  Arthur J. Childs & J. Stewart Marshall

• 1954  John Patterson