What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[Airboy]

Our first real significant snow fall today. It was supposed to be flurries but has been coming down all morning. We should have 5-10cm today. Wet snow yesterday is now ice today. Temps went from 0 at 10pm last night to -14 at Lunch today. By next Wednesday we should hit -19

Sunrise 8:33 am
Sunset 4:16pm.

Inuvik
Sunrise 1:23pm
Sunset 1:59 pm.

[Tancredi]

Wow! It's a real shaker in St. John's tonight! Very strong winds with temperatures below zero!

https://ntvplus.ca/pages/webcam-logybayroad

[TownGuy]

Started out sunny but is overcast now. Quite chilly too. In recent years December has felt like an extension of fall, that's definitely not been the case this year.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Tancredi

Wow! It's a real shaker in St. John's tonight! Very strong winds with temperatures below zero!

https://ntvplus.ca/pages/webcam-logybayroad

AND a flash freeze in the morning so everything was still ice. SO slippery walking to/from the bus.

[whatnext]

Still no sign of a freeze in Vancouver's 14 day forecast...

[Tancredi]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

AND a flash freeze in the morning so everything was still ice. SO slippery walking to/from the bus.

I would like to know what you do and how you protect yourselves, the inhabitants of the Maritime Alps, during these freezing, stormy evenings

[Architype]

Originally Posted by someone123

It's kind of funny to think about the "white Christmas" tradition or trope. I am not sure where it came from. It was at least popular in the US in the early 20th century but maybe it's much older. It's not common in areas like NYC though, and in the UK it's even less common. Part of the trope involves wishing for a white Christmas that doesn't always happen, however.

Europe does have somewhat shifted seasons with winter coming earlier, and some places there celebrate Christmas later. So a white Christmas would be pretty common in Eastern Europe and Russia.

White Christmas aside there is a sort of outdoor Christmas vibe involving evergreen trees, wreaths, holly, etc. that is more in line with what things look like in most northern cities around that time.

The idea came from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, 1843, and later from the song "White Christmas", 1940s, and the movie of the same name in 1954. I'm sure the popularity of Christmas cards, which dated from around Dickens' time helped the imagery a lot. Modern weather forecasting, Santa's sleigh and Rudolph, etc. were all part of this trope. As a celebration of Jesus' birth the timing is wrong, it should be in the spring; the Dec 25th date defers to the Pagan celebration of the solstice, and the lighted tree as a symbol of life in the midst of winter. Our modern version of Santa was largely popularized by Coca Cola as a marketing gimmick.
See that the Coke cooler is even prominent in this store interior Christmas display.


(my photo 2025)

[Nicko999]

-8C with a wind chill of -12. Mix of sun and clouds. What the hell are those temperatures.

Low of -17C (wind chill of -24) this morning. 2 years ago, that was the coldest temperature all winter and now we get it before December 10th.

The warmspot were Victoria and Saanichton, BC at 12.5C.

Warmest low were Solander Island and Estevan Point, BC at 8.4C.

[giallo]

I was around Stanley Park this evening. High of 10C.

[Architype]

^ Very nice giallo, the skyline looks great with that light, also the time exposure.

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by Nicko999

-8C with a wind chill of -12. Mix of sun and clouds. What the hell are those temperatures.

Low of -17C (wind chill of -24) this morning. 2 years ago, that was the coldest temperature all winter and now we get it before December 10th.

The warmspot were Victoria and Saanichton, BC at 12.5C.

Warmest low were Solander Island and Estevan Point, BC at 8.4C.

The hotspot was actually 13.2 at Victoria Airport. There is a weird glitch in the EC website where for a couple a hours after the day it will only show the hourly observational high and not the true high.

Awesome pics, Giallo!

[Metro-One]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Okay, time for an update on the banana trees of Vancouver.

Specifically a few on the downtown peninsula. No hard freeze yet and some are looking
a bit dog eared but they're hanging in there. Their days are probably numbered, though
as the last half of December is looking to be pretty frosty.

Overcast, drizzly, damp, chilly. Thursday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 7 C, the low was 6 C.







West End, Downtown Vancouver, Dec.4 '25, my pics


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Love this too, mcminsen!

Yeah, when temps hit below 2 degrees banana trees start to look haggard, at zero they get really haggard with lots of brown and black spots, and -2 is when they essentially die back entirely.

Coincidentally it was between -1 and -3 this morning in my area, so all the banana plants around here have now died back.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Tancredi

I would like to know what you do and how you protect yourselves, the inhabitants of the Maritime Alps, during these freezing, stormy evenings

Well, outside of downtown, most people wouldn't walk the length of themselves so they likely still just drive everywhere for everything.

Downtown we walk in the middle of the street, and just move to the side if a car is passing by. It's not as dangerous as it sounds - speeds are slower, and drivers are very used to it.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Well, outside of downtown, most people wouldn't walk the length of themselves so they likely still just drive everywhere for everything.

Downtown we walk in the middle of the street, and just move to the side if a car is passing by. It's not as dangerous as it sounds - speeds are slower, and drivers are very used to it.

You forgot the most important part - walk like a penguin

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Still no sign of a freeze in Vancouver's 14 day forecast...

VVR already froze (-1,6C, November 30th).

FREEZE LIST FINAL - 2025


1) Iqaluit, NU - August 30th (-1.5C)
2) Thompson, MB - September 3rd (-1.6C)
3) Fort McMurray, AB - September 5th (-1.7C)
4) Regina, SK - September 6th (-1.0C)
5) Whitehorse, YT - September 14th (-1.4C)
6) Timmins, ON - September 19th (-2.1C)
7) Sherbrooke, QC - September 20th (-3.0C)
8) Saint John, NB - September 20th (-0.8C)
9) Fredericton, NB -September 20th (-0.6C)
10) Labrador City, NL - September 23rd (-1.0C)
11) Saskatoon, SK - September 25th (-0.7C)
12) Grande Prairie, AB - September 28th (-2.8C)
13) Prince George, BC - September 28th (-2.4C)
14) Saguenay, QC - October 2nd (-2.3C)
15) Corner Brook, NL - October 2nd (-0.4C)
16) Yellowknife, NT - October 4th (-4.0C)
17) Edmonton, AB - October 4th (-0.2C)
18) Calgary, AB - October 5th, (-0.8C)
19) Kelowna, BC - October 5th (-0.2C)
20) Lethbridge, AB - October 6th (-1.6C)
21) Winnipeg, MB - October 7th (-2.1C)
22) Thunder Bay, ON - October 7th (-1.8C)
23) Sudbury, ON - October 8th (-0.3C)
24) Kingston, ON - October 9th (-0.5C)
25) Quebec City, QC - October 10th (-3.0C)
26) Ottawa, ON - October 10th (-1.4C)
27) Moncton, NB - October 10th (-1.2C)
28) Rimouski, QC - October 12th (-1.2C)
29) Kamloops, BC - October 13th (-1.8C)
30) Charlottetown, PEI - October 13th (-0.7C)
31) Sydney, NS - October 13th (-0.2C)
32) London, ON - October 26th (-1.6C)
33) Niagara Falls, ON - October 26th (-0.5C)
34) Windsor, ON - November 2nd (-1.9C)
35) Toronto, ON - November 2nd (-1.1C)
36) Halifax, NS - November 3rd (-0.1C)
37) St. John's, NL - November 3rd (-1.3C)
38) Montreal, QC - November 6th (-2.7C)
39) Victoria, BC - November 24th (-0.4C)
40) Vancouver, BC - November 30th (-1,6C)

Currently -7C and partly cloudy in Moncton at noontime.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

VVR already froze (-1,6C, November 30th).

FREEZE LIST FINAL - 2025


40) Vancouver, BC - November 30th (-1,6C)

Currently -7C and partly cloudy in Moncton at noontime.

Oh wow, how’d I miss that? It certainly didn’t feel that cold in the city yet but I guess it did out at the airport.

[SignalHillHiker]

Was finally this afternoon able to turn the heat down a bit. The wind was keeping it chilly so I had them all turned up the past few days.

[Tancredi]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Well, outside of downtown, most people wouldn't walk the length of themselves so they likely still just drive everywhere for everything.

Downtown we walk in the middle of the street, and just move to the side if a car is passing by. It's not as dangerous as it sounds - speeds are slower, and drivers are very used to it.

Well, I guess your driving school also includes lessons on how to drive in snowy, icy, and very windy conditions

[TownGuy]

The most blah day imaginable.

[SignalHillHiker]

Brr.