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...

Why not avoid Monday morning by thinking about February instead?

It's time for our look back at Edmonton's weather for February 2026, which was a month that was all over the place. edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/03/febr... #yegwx #yeg

February 28th is our 25th 20°C Low of the winter. #yegwx #yeg That's basically average, although the only recent winter which had more was 2021-2022's 32. public.tableau.com/shared/GH26C...

We're back above freezing today, even if only briefly. #yegwx #yeg The recent coldsnap had us below freezing for 9 days, from the 16th-24th. The mildwave before that had us above freezing for 14 days, from the 2nd-15th. Of the two, the coldsnap felt longer. public.tableau.com/shared/7HXD7...

This latest coldsnap brings us to 24 -20°C Lows so far this winter. #yegwx #yeg Although the last 2 winters only got to 19, and 2022-2023 had 23. Before that 2021-2022 got up to 32. public.tableau.com/shared/CJC76...

Last winter the only true -30°C was February 18th 2025 (although February 3rd got really close). Last night looked it would be a repeat, but somehow stopped at a chilly -28.3°C instead. So December 28th's -29.5°C remains our coldest night this winter. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/8JZTT...

The return of winter dropped 11.7cm on the airport over 2 days. 10cm+ storms are pretty big for us - we'll get around 3 in a winter. But this February storm is our 4th one for 2025-2026, after December gave us 3 in quick succession. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/5MY89...

All good things must come to an end. As winter returns after a length pause, let's talk about Edmonton's great mildwave of February 2026. Just how unusual was it? #yegwx #yeg edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

For a holiday that's in the middle of February, in Alberta, Family Day has a pretty good track record of not being horrifically cold. (2018-2021 were an exception, with 4 cold years in a row) We'll often get a few above-freezing Highs... #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/TN7ND...

For Valentine's Day, Edmonton's average High is -2.8°C, and average Low is -12.6°C. The last time we were above freezing was 2018, and before that 2017 got to 10.3°C. But recently 2025, 2021 & 2019 had Lows near or below -20°C. public.tableau.com/shared/6XKN9...

This has definitely been a particularly warm start to February, but our wild temperature swings are often a curse for winter events.

Before winter returns, February 13 will become our 12th 5°C High in-a-row. That ties with 1916 for the February record. And it will be our 12th 6°C High in-a-row, which is a new record, and is 2 ahead of 1916's 10 in-a-row. #yegwx #yeg public.tableau.com/shared/CFBT8...

February 12th is now our 11th 6ºC High in-a-row, which sets a new record for February. It's also the 11th 5ºC High in-a-row, which ties 1896 & 1907 for 2nd longest February streak. 1916 got to 12 in-a-row. #yegwx #yeg

Today's High of 6.8°C ends our streak of 7°C days ends at 9 in-a-row. #yegwx #yeg That is the 2nd longest February streak on record, tying 1896. 1916 has the record with 10 in-a-row. At the end of last February we got to 7 (with 2 more carrying over into March). public.tableau.com/shared/BSS2B...