...and after spending a few days with snowdepth around 0~1cm, the airport has bounced back up to 4cm.
Stony Plain is at 7cm, Blatchford is at 26cm, and Elk Island is still way up at 41cm.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/HD9KRSP5D?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
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Another 3cm of snow on March 25th brings the airport's total for March to 12.3cm. -
Another 3cm of snow on March 25th brings the airport's total for March to 12.3cm.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
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The big drops in snowdepth continued, with the airport down to 1cm, and Stony Plain at 7cm....the past few days have certainly felt springlike, but they were definitely a little above average.
Our average High right now is around 4°C, and average Low is -6°C. So the next few day will probably be back below average.
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The big drops in snowdepth continued, with the airport down to 1cm, and Stony Plain at 7cm.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...)
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March 18th saw big drops in snowdepth at the local stations, with the airport getting down to 3cm.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.
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March 17th's High of 15.2°C made it our 3rd warmest St. Patrick's Day on record....there's always a bit of lag in Environment Canada's snowdepth measurements.
We saw a tiny drop at all of the stations on the 17th, but with temperatures staying warm overnight we'll probably see a big drop soon.
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March 17th's High of 15.2°C made it our 3rd warmest St. Patrick's Day on record....March 17th was our first 15°C day of 2026, and was our warmest day since back on October 24th.
Getting to 15°C in March is not a given. Getting to 15°C in March is not a given. We also got there in 2024, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2015, etc.
But in a lot of years that needs to wait until April.
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March 17th's High of 15.2°C made it our 3rd warmest St. Patrick's Day on record.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.
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...in terms of snow on the ground, we're often snowfree by the end of March or beginning of April...in terms of snow on the ground, we're often snowfree by the end of March or beginning of April.
So in an early year that's a week or 2 away, but in a late year it's maybe 4 or 5.
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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 itWinter 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.
https://edmontonweathernerdery.blogspot.com/2026/03/deepwinter-2025-2026-review.html
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Some #yegwx talk about freeze-thaw cycles with CBC Edmonton:https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/412-the-loop/episode/16202372-whats-going-on-with-edmontons-freeze-thaw-cyclesSome #yegwx talk about freeze-thaw cycles with CBC Edmonton:
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-18°C this morning does not feel fair.-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.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/3GNTMJ84X?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
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Regardless of what happens today, in March we average 20cm of snow.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
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It doesn't feel fair, but early March is often just February II: The RevengeIt 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
https://public.tableau.com/shared/6F5NXNKBK?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
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February 28th is our 25th 20°C Low of the winter.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.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/GH26CQX8D?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
