Calgary Weather!
#18
Formerly known as Hangman
Joined: Jun 2014
Location: Calgary
Posts: 519
Re: Calgary Weather!
As a qualified weather observer for 30 years I do know what I'm talking about.
#21
Re: Calgary Weather!
The weather has been really odd, back in May it was scorching, far hotter than I can remember. And July it has rained more than it normally does. The Stampede was washed out.
Anyway, talking about rapid temperature drops, I remember back a few years ago, the temperature dropped from around 12 to a few degrees below in about a minute, I was driving down 22X and the temp gauge on my car just plunged, and then the windshield cracked! I assume it was because it was laminated and the glass on the outside just cooled down too quickly. I thought something must have hit the windshield but the guy at speedy glass said he couldn't find any sign of an impact.
Anyway, talking about rapid temperature drops, I remember back a few years ago, the temperature dropped from around 12 to a few degrees below in about a minute, I was driving down 22X and the temp gauge on my car just plunged, and then the windshield cracked! I assume it was because it was laminated and the glass on the outside just cooled down too quickly. I thought something must have hit the windshield but the guy at speedy glass said he couldn't find any sign of an impact.
#22
Re: Calgary Weather!
I think it was early 2008, it went from -45 on Tuesday, to 8 on Wednesday then -23 on Thursday. See if you love that.
#23
Re: Calgary Weather!
That was the crappiest summer in Calgary for a very long time. And I'm including Snowtember.
#24
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Joined: Mar 2010
Location: SW Calgary
Posts: 776
Re: Calgary Weather!
Yup - terrible summer
#25
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Joined: Oct 2010
Location: A Briton, married to a Canadian, now in Fredericton.
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Re: Calgary Weather!
I visited Calgary many times before coming to live in Canada. My MIL told me proudly how '"we've had snow in every month of the year" and the I visited one Easter...with a suitcase of pretty clothes, only to be snowed in for quite a few days. It was the weather that really put me off the place! So I moved to the east coast...where we have few surprises...it's filthy hot and humid in summer and frozen solid for six months between that period.
...we are actually enjoying a few really nice days presently, where it's chilly in the morning and evening and about 20 degrees in the daytime if only it would stay like this, for more than a few days, I could cope with Canada!
...we are actually enjoying a few really nice days presently, where it's chilly in the morning and evening and about 20 degrees in the daytime if only it would stay like this, for more than a few days, I could cope with Canada!
#26
Re: Calgary Weather!
Likewise, come March and April when you've had enough it's equally hard to believe we get the glorious days of summer and autumn.
My wife's outlook was a bit different. She couldn't wait for the humid days of summer to be over so she could bitch about winter (and vice versa). Her words, not mine.