What is your weather today? (IV) - Page 110

Chadillaccc · #**2181** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 4:44 PM**

Heading up to 3 today, with four of the next seven days forecast to be between 8 and 12 degrees.

DizzyEdge · #**2182** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:01 PM**

I realize a 14 day forecast is likely not to play out, but I'm really hoping that Calgary gets all of this..particularly average lows that are at the historical average high mark.

MonctonRad · #**2183** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:26 PM**

Currently +2C in Moncton and partly cloudy.

Coolish for the next two days, but the extended forecast after that is mostly fair with temperatures hovering at or slightly above the freezing point.

Is it too much to hope that this killer winter is actually over????

middeljohn · #**2184** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 5:36 PM**

I'm gonna call it. Today is the last day of winter. Starting tomorrow we will have consistent spring weather.

q12 · #**2185** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 6:19 PM**

SPRING IS HERE

1overcosc · #**2186** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:09 PM**

Over +4C now in downtown Ottawa.

craneSpotter · #**2187** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:17 PM**

+8 and sunny in Victoria this morning, high of 10 forecast but I think we may beat that, as some areas are already 10 ...unofficially

We are gunning for White Rock this March

Nicko999 · #**2188** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:28 PM**

It's +1C right. First above freezing day since January 19th. It is windy like hell so it's not like it's gorgeous out.

1overcosc · #**2189** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nicko999

It's +1C right. First above freezing day since January 19th. It is windy like hell so it's not like it's gorgeous out.

Really? Here in Ottawa it's absolutely gorgeous, mainly because it's sunny. Plus the psychological contrast effect. People thought it was gorgeous when it was -5C and sunny on Monday, lol.

Nicko999 · #**2190** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Really? Here in Ottawa it's absolutely gorgeous, mainly because it's sunny. Plus the psychological contrast effect. People thought it was gorgeous when it was -5C and sunny on Monday, lol.

Well, compared to what we experienced the last 2 months, it's tropical today.

It's just not that pleasant when the wind is gusting 50+ km/h. Nothing against the temperature though.

MonctonRad · #**2191** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 8:10 PM**

+3C in Moncton now - I'm so excited!!

I'm going outside to frolic in the puddles......

Xelebes · #**2192** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by middeljohn

I'm gonna call it. Today is the last day of winter. Starting tomorrow we will have consistent spring weather.

Accuweather is suggesting that we will only see three more days where the high does not go above zero and they are not clustered.

whatnext · #**2193** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 9:31 PM**

Another beautiful spring day in Vancouver.

Airboy · #**2194** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 9:34 PM**

-41c with the wind when I got off the plane in McMurray this moring but it is sunny and -7 now back at the airport.

Denscity · #**2195** Posted **Mar 4, 2015, 10:10 PM**

No snowcover in 2 months, no below zero highs for 6 weeks, and no rain for 2.5 weeks!! And Vancouver and Victoria are way better than that!

+7 7 10 11 10 13 13+

CanadianCentaur · #**2196** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 12:06 AM**

Today's pretty sunny and currently -5, and so not as cold and windy as yesterday. The windchill was still bad until this morning, but it's dropped to -9 now.

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Originally Posted by middeljohn

I'm gonna call it. Today is the last day of winter. Starting tomorrow we will have consistent spring weather.

Watch out, because March can still come up with surprisingly nasty cold snaps in Edmonton!

It's been known to drop as low as -42.7°C for a March record low at the international airport (YEG), which was on March 10, 2009. The weather station at City Centre Airport (YXD) has recorded as low as -36.1 in March, 1939, but came close to that record on March 8, 2003 at -34.0. in fact, that was the lowest recorded for all of 2003. To have the coldest temperature of the year in March is very rare here in Edmonton, or anywhere else in most of Alberta for that matter.

But on the bright side...YXD has recorded as high as 23.9°C for a highest recorded temp in March on the 30th in 2004, while YEG recorded its March highest at 24.2 on that same day in 2004.

In fact, March 30th is probably the earliest 20°C + high recorded for for both of these locations, yet even earlier occurrences of 20°C or higher in March have been recorded elsewhere in Edmonton itself prior to 1938 (Wx records at YXD didn't begin until October, 1937, so they were probably in or near downtown prior to that year). In that regard, the earliest I could find was on March 22, 1910, when a high of 20.0 was recorded.

In a nutshell, March can be a highly variable month in Edmonton temperature-wise. Just like winters in Alberta in general. Most years, though, you'll usually see the maximum for the month in the 5-15°C range. The first occurrence of 20°C or higher in Edmonton usually occurs in late April, and sometimes as late as mid/late May.

The winter snow cover is usually 100% gone by around mid-April, although I've seen it disappear before the end of March and as late as the last week of April. Of course, it's a given that snowstorms dumping up to at least 5 cm or more can occur after the winter snow cover has gone - you got to remember this is Alberta!

Spring2008 · #**2197** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 1:24 AM**

It's been a pretty good winter, which I know sounds like an oxymoron.

Even through I always reach a point a few times every winter where I want to up and move to a place like San Diego, SW AB has the mildest winters on the prairies by a long shot. It still surprises me how you can consistently see grassy areas throughout the winter in cgy.

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Another list long in the making. Since December 1...

Calgary

1. 56 Days
2. 31 Days
3. Dec: 1.9 | Jan: 2.5 | Feb: 0.9

For reference, December 1 - February 28 is 90 days.

1overcosc · #**2198** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 2:16 AM**

Quite a wild temperature swing in Southern Ontario! After a very warm day today, temperatures are going to plummet, reaching the mid minus teens overnight and tomorrow's high is only going to be -10! It's going to be nasty as today's warm sunny weather melted a lot of snow and left water everywhere... And then back to warm weather by the weekend. Nutty...

Well, this is apparently a normal March! Alternating back and forth between winter-like and spring-like weather just like it normally does. It's really the only month where that happens in Southern Ontario, every other month is mostly fairly consistent throughout.

rousseau · #**2199** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 2:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Quite a wild temperature swing in Southern Ontario! After a very warm day today, temperatures are going to plummet, reaching the mid minus teens overnight and tomorrow's high is only going to be -10! It's going to be nasty as today's warm sunny weather melted a lot of snow and left water everywhere... And then back to warm weather by the weekend. Nutty...

Well, this is apparently a normal March! Alternating back and forth between winter-like and spring-like weather just like it normally does. It's really the only month where that happens in Southern Ontario, every other month is mostly fairly consistent throughout.

Once we hit March I don't expect sustained winter cold like in January and February, so this is feeling more normal. Not like last year.

By the way, being in both Kingston and Ottawa (according to your location), you're actually in the unique position of being able to experience the contrast between Southern and Eastern Ontario. My impression from visits during the winter is that Kingston actually verges on Eastern Ontario cold in the winter, i.e. it's essentially on the border of Eastern Ontario.

1overcosc · #**2200** Posted **Mar 5, 2015, 3:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

By the way, being in both Kingston and Ottawa (according to your location), you're actually in the unique position of being able to experience the contrast between Southern and Eastern Ontario. My impression from visits during the winter is that Kingston actually verges on Eastern Ontario cold in the winter, i.e. it's essentially on the border of Eastern Ontario.

In terms of coldness, Kingston basically has Eastern Ontario winters. The winter temperature in Kingston is about halfway between that of Toronto & Ottawa, but it feels just as cold as Ottawa because of the lake winds which are very fierce in Kingston because of its unfortunate location right at Lake Ontario's northeastern outlet. Kingston may very well be the windiest city in Ontario.

However, in terms of snowfall, Kingston has Southern Ontario style winters. Non-consistent snowfall that melts and thaws multiple times, as opposed to Ottawa's consistent 3-4 month blanket of snow.