RossS
Edmonton weather nerderyWinter definitely isn't over (our only month to never record snow is July, so is winter every truly over...?).
But we should be done with the deep-winter portion of it.
So let's take a quick look back at that.
https://edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/03/deepwinter-2025-2026-review.html
#yegwx #yeg
Some #yegwx talk about freeze-thaw cycles with CBC Edmonton:
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/412-the-loop/episode/16202372-whats-going-on-with-edmontons-freeze-thaw-cycles
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/412-the-loop/episode/16202372-whats-going-on-with-edmontons-freeze-thaw-cycles
-18°C this morning does not feel fair. #yegwx #yeg
But unfortunately after the first week of March we still got to -20°C in 2020, 2018, 2017, 2013...
And Lows around -17°C crept in in 2025, 2023, 2014...
Hopefully we're near the end.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/3GNTMJ84X?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
But unfortunately after the first week of March we still got to -20°C in 2020, 2018, 2017, 2013...
And Lows around -17°C crept in in 2025, 2023, 2014...
Hopefully we're near the end.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/3GNTMJ84X?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦Regardless of what happens today, in March we average 20cm of snow. That's the same as November, December & January.
So March is solidly one of our main snow months.
And even April averages 14cm, which is the same as February...
#yegwx #yeg
https://public.tableau.com/shared/HRZBXZSWK?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
So March is solidly one of our main snow months.
And even April averages 14cm, which is the same as February...
#yegwx #yeg
https://public.tableau.com/shared/HRZBXZSWK?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
Amelia Bellamy-Royds 
We're back to chilly temperatures in Edmonton this week (7-day high is +1°C) after significant melt last week.
When walking through residential neighbourhoods yesterday, I carefully slid my way across many, many icy patches where I could see traction gravel underneath the ice, where it had sunk to the bottom of a puddle that then froze over top.
So, here's a product idea, please implement & send me royalty cheques:
Floating sidewalk traction material.
I'm thinking gravel-sized wood or bark chunks (chunky being important, not shavings). Spread it over your puddle-prone walkway sections once, and maintain anti-slip protection for multiple thaw-freeze cycles! In the spring, sweep it up & put it in your compost.
Someone, make it so. By next autumn, please. And convince the city to provide it for free as an alternative to the gravel. With the right wood chipper, city workers could make it themselves!
March 9th is the first day of the year when Edmonton's average High is above-freezing. #yegwx #yeg
The average Low is still around -10°C, and it won't be above-freezing until April 19th.
So this week might feel a little chilly, but it's not too unusual.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/77HBGHNGZ?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
The average Low is still around -10°C, and it won't be above-freezing until April 19th.
So this week might feel a little chilly, but it's not too unusual.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/77HBGHNGZ?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
Likely Jan LukasDo to the skills of local cats in their prime, I put my feeder on one of those reel-devices intended to make it easier to water hanging plants by drawing it down then letting it back up again.
It was worked great to make everything still reachable for me but insufficiently reachable for hopeful neighbourhood cats … but in this level of wind, the effect of the extra length the reel itself adding to the overall length of the feeder hanging is VERY wild to see! 😳
I don't expect anyone feathered will be risking a snack there til the wind comes down a bit. 😱
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