Re: Calgary weather
 

OK so I'm not quite Calgary being 1.5 hours up the road but the first year we were here (2005) it rained all of June, so much so the river burst it's bank in Red Deer - the most rain since whenever blah blah - so I can say from experience, it does tend to rain a lot in June, some years are worse than others, this year seems fairly YUK and too English for my liking;)

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thanks for that link.
according to the stats there are 5 mild to warm months and they all get quite a bit of rain! but June is the worst. I should count myself lucky for still being in sunny england then :rofl:

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Thing with Calgary is if you don't like the weather then wait 10 minutes! Calgary is also susceptible to the Föhn effect, known locally as a Chinook.

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50mm a month? :eek:

That is just a damp day in Vancouver.

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Don't remember having any Chinooks this past winter, very unusual. :(

A picture of a Chinook arch.

http://www.pbase.com/hangman/image/6...3/original.jpg

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This is our third summer and the kids outdoor evening sports have been disrupted way more than in the previous two summers. A few evenings in May were a problem in those months but this is the first June where I recall practices and games being cancelled. May is a bit dodgy

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I've missed the "famous" Alberta blue skies this year. We have had so many overcast days. And fog earlier in the year quite often - we rarely get fog. Just pretty dull all round really.

Last weekend was fab and we had a couple of lovely days in May - but the rain this week is beginning to p*** me off (and I don't usually begrudge it at all) - but my garden is one large squelchy puddle and the plants I put in a few weeks ago are currently swimming and will no doubt rot now! :frown:

Coooeeey - summer! Where are you?? :D

Re: Calgary weather
 

Glad that I saw the best of weather while I was there between 3rd and 9th of June. It only rained a bit on the 3rd when I got there and some on the 9th when I was departing. But in between it was warm, sunny and dry, most of the time

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Ok I'm flying out on 29 June for two weeks - should I buy my rain mac and bring my jumpers? I was expecting lovely sunny weather and thought once the winter was over that was the opening for hot summers, obviously I'm wrong:(
The reason we sidelined Vancouver was because it rains so much but at least there its 6 months rain 6 months sun:)

Re: Calgary weather
 

Don't be silly the 29th is 11 days away anything can happen between now and then.

If you want to keep up in the meantime bookmark the link below.
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/....html#detailsf

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Not this bloody year!!!! It's more like wait 6 months!:thumbdown:

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Rain turns to snow pretty quick doesn't it?

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What the hell is that supposed to mean?:confused:

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Weather changes in minutes, rain then snow in a blink, then sunny and warm and everyones forgotten about the snow.

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...and hopefully we wont be seeing any more of it until September or preferably October.