The meadows are often known for their robust nature, but many Albertans will be relieved when a long section of cold and half-winter time gives way to what should be a wonderfully hot stretch in certain parts of the province later this week.
Most of Alberta remained under an extremely cold warning Tuesday after Many records in cold weather was broken this weekend.
At noon, the environment and climate change Canada declared that the temperature at Edmonton was -20 ° C but looked more like -32 with wind cooling. Wednesday should be less cold, but things could really change Thursday, when the capital of Alberta should reach a summit of 3 C.
David Phillips, senior climatologist of the ECCC, said that all of February had been particularly cold in Edmonton.
“FRIGID FEBRUARY has not had a melting temperatures so far,” he told Global News on Tuesday. “The average temperature at the International Airport (EDMONTON) is an incredible almost 12 degrees below normal.”
Phillips added that the number of days of Edmonton below -20 ° C this month is 15, while normally it would be five at this stage in February. He added that the number of days below -30 C in Edmonton this month is at four years, compared to what would normally only be at this stage of the month.
“All this cold will be spoiled by a warm-up for the rest of the month,” he said. “Believe it or not, there were colder temperatures in January 2024. (This year) did not fire the cold of February 2019.”
Tuesday at noon, the Calgarians faced -23 C, but it looked more like -31 with wind cooling, according to the ECCC. The meteorological agency said that Calgary could see a 5 ° C and Sunday summit which could continue to warm up to a maximum of up to 13 C.
Further south, Lethbridge was dealing at -24 ° C early Tuesday afternoon. The ECCC said with wind cooling that would look more like -32. Thursday, temperatures were to be in the advantages of Lethbridge, and Sunday this city could see a summit up to 16 C.
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