A week ago the local stations had gotten around 90mm of precipitation so far in 2026. But after the past 3 days Blatchford is now just shy of doubling that, with 177mm. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/HGTKP...

Around Edmonton we got 35~41mm on June 1st, following the ~22mm on May 31st. Plus whatever we get today. (I don't download Environment Canada's hourly data, because there's too much of it. So I don't know the last time that we got 48+ hours of straight rain) public.tableau.com/shared/YC8H7...

A late frost, a later heatwave, and an even later start to our monsoon season! All that and more, as we take our big look back at Edmonton weather for May 2026. edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/06/may-... #yegwx #yeg

May 29th's High of 30.5°C was our 6th warmest on record. The record was actually last year, with May 29th 2025 getting to 32.7°C. 2026's Low of 14.6°C was 5th warmest. 1936 has that record at 19.4°C, and 2025 was #2 at 18°C. public.tableau.com/shared/B3256...

May 29th is our 2nd 30ºC day of May. #yegwx #yeg 2023 also had 2, while in 2025 we got to 3 of them.

May 28th's High of 30°C was our 4th warmest on record. 1936 has the record way up at 33.3°C The Low of 13.3°C will probably also end up as 4th. That record was 16.6°C from 2001. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/4BGDT...

May is normally one of our rainier months, averaging around 50mm. #yegwx #yeg This year the local stations are all below 5mm, which makes it bottom-5 for Blatchford, and bottom for the others. Although we are supposed to get some rain before the end of the month... public.tableau.com/shared/FTPKM...

For the May Long weekend our average High is 17.2°C, and average Low is 5.7°C. #yegwx #yeg In 2026 our Highs ranged from 9.9°C on Saturday to 17.9°C on Monday. Sunday's Low got to -2.3°C, which joins 2025 & 2021 as recent May Long Weekends with frost. public.tableau.com/shared/CMS68...

As the prophesies foretold, we got a May Long Weekend frost. #yegwx #yeg Our average final frost is May 5th, but 2026's May 17th is pretty late. It's 1 day after 2025's May 16th, but earlier than 2021's May 21st. 2024, 2023 & 2020 were all around April 20th. public.tableau.com/views/Edmont...

The May Long Weekend is infamous for its camping weather. The average High is 17°C and Low is 6°C. Recent summery years which got to 25°C were 2023, 2018, 2017, 2008... And recent frosty years with Lows below freezing were 2025, 2021, 2015, 2009... #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/views/Edmont...

It's May 12th, so Blatchford has passed its date for a 25% risk of frost, and by the weekend it'll be down to 10%. (of course the forecast Low for Friday is currently 1°C, so you never know...) Stony Plain's 10% risk day is May 21st, while the airport's is June 10th. #yegwx #yeg

The last time that we recorded any precipitation was two weeks ago, on April 26th. #yegwx #yeg But on the plus side, we are at the point of the year where the switch usually gets flipped, and our monsoon season kicks in... public.tableau.com/shared/55HY5...

May 5th is the average day of Blatchford's final frost. So half of the time we're done, and half of the time there's more to come. By May 11th there's still a 25% risk of frost, and by May 17th it's down to 10%. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/C78DS...

So we've reached the end of March and it's time for...wait, what's that? That was actually April? Oh. Hmmm. Well then, I guess it's time for our big look back at Edmonton's weather for ̶M̶a̶r̶c̶h̶ April 2026... edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/04/apri... #yegwx #yeg

Hopefully this will be the last "It's still winter?" post, at least for awhile. #yegwx #yeg April 26th's High of 0.4°C was our 4th coldest on record. The Low of -6.6°C with 7th coldest. Both of those were the coldest April 26th since 1956. public.tableau.com/shared/365J4...

April 25th's High of -2.1°C was almost a record. #yegwx #yeg Our coldest April 25th on record was -2.2°C, in both 1954 & 1945, so 2026 will need to settle for 3rd coldest. And the low of -6.1°C was 5th coldest on record. public.tableau.com/shared/NNFW3...

April 24th wasn't warm, although its High did manage to make it above freezing. But that High of 1.3°C was the 5th coldest on record (recently 2008 was 2nd coldest). Just a few days earlier April 20th's High of 22.7°C was its 5th warmest on record. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/YP3K2...

At this point what else is there to say? More snow sucks. #yegwx #yeg But it's also not *that* unusual. We still average around 8cm of snow after April 23rd. And the only recent years which were done by now were 2025, 2023, 2018 & 2012. public.tableau.com/shared/R97JS...

As winter returns (again), back on April 19th our average Low climbed above freezing for the first time. That's just an average though, so half of the time will be above, and half will be below. But... public.tableau.com/shared/XWX6P...

April 20th's High of 22.7°C was the 5th warmest on record, and our warmest day since 23.2°C on October 10th. The Low of 2.9°C was a pretty unremarkable 43rd. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/8ZTRQ...

So April 20th is our first 20⁰C day of 2026, and our warmest day since October 10th. It's fairly typical for these to start popping up in Mid-April (although the forecast High of 3⁰C later this week is also fairly typical). #yegwx #yeg

April 19th's High of 19.2°C didn't quite give us our first 20°C of the year, but it was our warmest day since October 10th. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/5BQBS...

Environment Canada is doing a betatest of a new layout of their forecasts, and they've got an example for Edmonton: beta.weather.gc.ca/en/location/...

Spring started 4 weeks ago (...wait, that can't be right?) Has this been the coldest spring ever? #yegwx #yeg Usurpingly, no. It definitely hasn't been warm, but the average High of 3°C is our 126th warmest out of 147. The average Low of -6°C is 105th warmest... public.tableau.com/shared/4N77Q...

April 16th was cold. #yegwx #yeg Its High of -0.5°C was our 5th coldest on record, and Low of -8.2°C was 6th coldest. That made it our coldest April 16th since 1989, although 2002 was close. The average High for mid-April is 10°C, and Low is -1°C. public.tableau.com/shared/TGTR5...

The airport got another 1.3cm of snow on the 15th, following the 2.5cm on the 14th. That brings April's total to 10.9cm, which is getting close to the average of 13cm. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/P366Y...

The airport got 2.5cm of snow on April 14th (and possibly more overnight). That brings April's total to 9.6cm so far. On average April gets around 13cm for the whole month. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/JHFX7...

Blatchford's snowdepth fell to 1cm on the weekend. #yegwx #yeg The airport and Stony Plain both got to 0cm on the 9th, while Elk Island is still up at 33cm. public.tableau.com/shared/YMFWK...

The recent snow brings April's total to 7.1cm so far. #yegwx #yeg On average we it gets around 13cm, with random blips still pretty common through to the end of April. public.tableau.com/shared/J5D4D...

It's snowy out there again. #yegwx #yeg We'll have to see how much shows up over the next few days, but from April 7th onwards we average around 16cm of snow. Last year in 2025 we got none, while 2017 got 39cm. public.tableau.com/shared/2WCKZ...

So...after April 5th the airport still averages around another 16cm of snowfall. #yegwx #yeg 2025 was a rare year with nothing, while 2017 was a big year with 39cm. public.tableau.com/shared/4BXRJ...

It's time for our look back at Edmonton's weather for March 2026, which probably felt disappointing, but which wasn't actually too unusual... edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/04/marc... #yegwx #yeg

Another 3cm of snow on March 25th brings the airport's total for March to 12.3cm. So we're slowly getting closer to March's average of 20cm. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/SYX7P...

The airport got 4.3cm of snow on March 24th. #yegwx #yeg That brings the total for March so far to 9.3cm, when the average for March is around 20cm. public.tableau.com/shared/7DHQR...

The airport got 1.7cm of snow yesterday. On average we get around 25cm after the start of spring. The lowest recent years were 2023 & 2016 with 11cm, while the highest was 2017 with 43cm. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/HXQS6...

For what it's worth, on average we get around 25cm of snow after March 20th. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/ZBHGN...

The big drops in snowdepth continued, with the airport down to 1cm, and Stony Plain at 7cm. Blatchford has also dropped a lot, but is still at 26cm. #yegwx #yeg (all of that is just in time for things to cool off again...) public.tableau.com/shared/38B6D...

March 18th saw big drops in snowdepth at the local stations, with the airport getting down to 3cm. #yegwx #yeg All of the rain that we're getting today will probably take another big chunk out of it. public.tableau.com/shared/QKZ45...

Today is the 32nd consecutive day with a daily average temperature that is below normal in Anchorage. It would not surprise me to extend this streak by another 7-10+ days. @alaskawx.bsky.social

March 17th's High of 15.2°C made it our 3rd warmest St. Patrick's Day on record. The record of 16.1°C is shared between 1885 & 1910. The morning's Low of 0.3°C was the 6th warmest. 1959 has that record with 2.8°C. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/HWRCY...

We're up over 13°C today, which will make this the warmest day since back on October 24th. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/2XFT6...

Winter 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. edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/03/deep... #yegwx #yeg

Some #yegwx talk about freeze-thaw cycles with CBC Edmonton: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p... #yeg

Looks like we're actually down to -19.9ºC this morning.

-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. public.tableau.com/shared/3GNTM...

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 public.tableau.com/shared/HRZBX...

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. public.tableau.com/shared/77HBG...

Unsurprisingly, the early forecasts of 17⁰C don't look like they'll pan out. Our temperatures are around where they were in early February. We've got 1.5 more hours of daylight now though, and that sure seems to be helping with the melting.

We'll talk more about Saturday as it gets closer. But 17°C on March 7th would be a record, ahead of 15.6°C from 1889. But the records for March 10th, 11th and 14th are all around or over 17°C. public.tableau.com/shared/Z72BY...

It doesn't feel fair, but early March is often just February II: The Revenge. It usually stops around the first week, but it's thrown -20°C (and -25°C and -30°) at us in 2024, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013... So this week's -17°C could be worse. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/6F5NX...