46 h. ago Edmonton weather: A few light flurries before the true spring melt

A look at Wednesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s -6 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 7 km/h winds out of the southeast and a wind chill of -9. Hump day is a fitting name for this particular Wednesday, as it’s the last hump to vault before we finally get to enjoy […]

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63 h. ago Icy roads and freezing rain factor in fatal crash that killed Edmonton man near Bonnyville

"The collision occurred near a curve in the road, and weather conditions certainly played a factor"

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2 d. ago Edmonton weather: Chance of flurries, chance of rain, then there will be sun again

A look at Tuesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s 0 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 14 km/h winds out of the southeast with a wind chill of -5. We continue to march through melting snow toward a warmer spring with clear, sunny skies. Before that, though, Tuesday will be mainly cloudy […]

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6 d. ago Edmonton weather: Roadways reopen while heavy snowfall continues

A look at Friday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s -9 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 11 km/h winds out of the southwest. The wet and slushy snowfall continues on this gloomy Friday morning. Unsurprisingly, Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the Edmonton area, saying we should expect up to […]

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6 d. ago Wintry weather hits much of Canada, Edmonton area sees poor road conditions

The RCMP in the Edmonton area issued an overnight warning, advising the public to stay off the roads unless travel is necessary.

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7 d. ago Wintery conditions hitting much of Canada, commuter chaos and power outages possible

A long line of weather warnings stretches from the Edmonton area eastward to the shores of Lake Ontario. Environment Canada says the bulk of the notices are made up of snowfall warnings, until you reach Southern Ontario, where they turn into freezing rain warnings. The snowfall forecast calls for accumulations of up to 30 centimetres […]

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8 d. ago Edmonton weather: Up to 20 cm of wet snowfall expected by Friday

A look at Wednesday Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s 1 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 3 km/h winds out of the southwest. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning us about the winter-like weather we’ll be experiencing for the next few days. “Wintry weather returns to Alberta this week,” […]

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9 d. ago Edmonton weather: Tuesday sunshine, Wednesday rain, Thursday it will snow again

A look at Tuesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s 0 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 6 km/h winds out of the southwest. We may have crossed over into spring, but you wouldn’t know it by the forecast for the next few days. Tuesday is going to be clear skies and sunshine […]

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9 d. ago Edmonton weather: Tuesday sunshine, Wednesday rain, Thursday snow

A look at Tuesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s 0 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 6 km/h winds out of the southwest. We may have crossed over into spring, but you wouldn’t know it by the forecast for the next few days. Tuesday is going to be clear skies and sunshine […]

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1 week ago Edmonton weather: Showers, overcast, and high winds kick off a gloomy week

A look at Monday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s 2 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station early Sunday morning with 4 km/h winds out of the west southwest. As beautiful as spring can be, it can also be a wet dreary mess, which seems to be where the powers-that-be have decided to set […]

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1 week ago Edmonton weather: It's that false spring time, some toques here, shorts over there

A look at Saturday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s -1 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station early Saturday morning with 10 km/h winds out of the west, northwest and a wind chill of minus 4. At a time when it’s hard to tell what is true anymore, here we are again in false […]

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1 week ago Edmonton weather: Sunshine and a 7 C high to kick off spring

Here’s a look at Thursday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -5 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with blessedly calm winds and no wind chill. So, how’s everyone’s spring going so far? I know, a cheeky question to ask on the second day of the season, but I can already feel the […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton weather: With warmer weather arriving, let the snow melt begin

Here’s a look at Tuesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -5 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with 9 km/h winds out of the northwest and a wind chill of -9. Spring officially arrives on Thursday, and it’s starting to feel a lot like spring is here! While there is a slight […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton weather: Snowfall ends, but flurries still threaten

Here’s a look at Friday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -17 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with 10 km/h winds out of the east northeast and a wind chill of -24. There’s good news and bad news. The good news: Environment Canada has ended their snowfall warning, and the worst of […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton weather: Heavy snowfall dropping up to 20 cm with heavy winds

Here’s a look at Thursday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -6 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with 18 km/h winds out of the east northeast and a wind chill of -13. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the areas […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton weather: It's getting cold in Edmonton, so put on extra clothes

Here’s a look at Wednesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -4 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with 12 km/h winds out of the north and a wind chill of -9 To paraphrase Lucy Liu in Kill Bill, you didn’t think we’d get out of winter that easily, did you? Wednesday will […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton weather: Chances of flurries and winds up to 40 km/h

Here’s a look at Tuesday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -2 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with 2 km/h winds out of the south southwest and a wind chill of -3 The swift march towards Spring will be hindered once again by a chance of flurries and a steep drop in […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton weather: Cloudy skies foreshadow more snowfall this week

Here’s a look at Monday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s currently -8 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station, with 5 km/h winds out of the east and a wind chill of -11 I hope that big tease, March, enjoyed giving us a day of sleety, slushy precipitation on Sunday that couldn’t decide if […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton weather: A sunny, cloudy, windy weekend with highs near 10 C

A look at Friday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s 0 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 7 km/h winds out of the south and a -3 wind chill. Can you believe it, an early March weekend with temperatures above 5 C? It’s unthinkable, but so are a lot of things we’re living […]

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4 w. ago Edmonton weather: Sunny skies and warm weather despite 20 km/h winds

A look at Thursday’s Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. It’s -4 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 8 km/h winds out of the south and a -7 wind chill. The weather is finally warming up enough to enjoy one of my favourite pastimes: sitting on my balcony with a warm cup of tea […]

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