Wow - wasn't Calgary just breaking heatwave records six months ago with temps hitting 96°F/36°C?
I forgot the year 2011 or 2012? I was in Calgary for work the week that Calgary was the coldest spot on earth at minus35 with the wind chill it dropped well below 40. I thought the hood on my parka would snap in two as it was frozen stiff.Yep it's cold here - definitely parka weather. Biggest problem is car batteries being dead in the morning, along with pipes freezing and all that sort of fun stuff. It's manageable if you dress for it, we're all going out tonight to an outdoor light show at the zoo
That's gotta be unpleasant for Van residents who aren't used to serious cold. Prairie people, and norther Quebecers, on the other hand...Arctic outflow they say. Vancouver felt like a meat freezer last night. Things are warming up just as fast as it cooled down. Not as much snow this time though, just cold. Back to rain next week I think.
I am always hesitant to go to Alberta in the winter months. It’s not the snow or ice, but how fast the temperature drops there. Going out to dinner feeling good, and after coming out of the restaurant it’s like day after tomorrow, and the wind would peel a layer off my face. The interior has some very harsh winters for sure. I’m staying on the coast.
It's been brisk in the great white north!!
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