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Butch Cassidy Sep 13th 2009 4:19 pm
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7929162)
According to Environment Canada there was only a trace of snow on the ground Christmas Day 2007 but 15cms on Christmas Day 2008. ;)
Ah a trace (in 2007) would have qualified as white :p

NOW I know better. :sneaky:

Alberta_Rose Sep 13th 2009 4:33 pm
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 7929152)
that doesnt add up :confused:

your arrived sept 2005?

Dec 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008?

Makes four in my math class?

anyway I'm sure 2007 and 2008 were both white?
Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7929162)
According to Environment Canada there was only a trace of snow on the ground Christmas Day 2007 but 15cms on Christmas Day 2008. ;)
Oops, my bad :o.... well only last year was the first really white Christmas anyway, and the year before it came just after didn't it???? :huh:

Butch Cassidy Sep 13th 2009 4:38 pm
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Morwenna (Post 7929185)
Oops, my bad :o.... well only last year was the first really white Christmas anyway, and the year before it came just after didn't it???? :huh:
:sneaky:

Seriously having checked 'Steves Site' it does appear that 2008 was the first TRUE white Christmas for both of us. That said There were traces of the white stuff around the city in 2006 and in 2007 and 2008 I was skiing on Christmas morning so it would have looked like a white christmas to me ;)

Steve_P Sep 14th 2009 3:03 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by PrairieSushi (Post 7924806)
All I can says is wow :ohmy:

On the plus side, how many warm brown festive seasons have you had ???
How sad am I that I actually went back and looked. :o

Since Christmas 1974 my first of 34 in Calgary we have had 18 (53%) with either no snow on the ground or just a trace of snow. :thumbup:

We have had 23 (67.5%) Christmas's with the high temperature above 0°C
We have had 14 (41%) Christmas's with the high temperature above 5°C
We have had 5 (14.7%) Christmas's with the high temperature above 10°C

Cheers
Steve

MrGreen Sep 14th 2009 8:32 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
It can get really cold for a few days here and there, but it's really not that bad for any length of time like it is further east...and it's sunny through the winter. I personally really look forward to it. Outdoor skating, snowboarding, snowshoeing and winter walks around the city. LOVE IT!!!

R I C H Sep 14th 2009 8:45 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
I think you can only really love a Canadian winter if you don't have to work outdoors in it. Picking and choosing to go skiing, skating, walking is very different from spending 10hrs come what may in whatever the day throws at you.

Butch Cassidy Sep 14th 2009 11:35 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by R I C H (Post 7931109)
I think you can only really love a Canadian winter if you don't have to work outdoors in it. Picking and choosing to go skiing, skating, walking is very different from spending 10hrs come what may in whatever the day throws at you.
Ultimately I would agree, BUT I wouldnt mind working as a liftee ;)

iaink Sep 15th 2009 12:44 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by R I C H (Post 7931109)
I think you can only really love a Canadian winter if you don't have to work outdoors in it. Picking and choosing to go skiing, skating, walking is very different from spending 10hrs come what may in whatever the day throws at you.
Good Point.

Beaverquest Sep 15th 2009 6:55 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
lots of expats living in Calgary appear to put a really brave face on it ; 'it's not too bad if you dress properly ' but yet a million miles from what most people are used too - am from the North of Scotland but still the difference is night and day (dampness, dry cold arguments aside) am talking low end temperatures - okay so everyone seems to love skiing (myself included) but this is only really a pastime for majority of us at the weekends, so rest of the week, it's cold and uncomfortable, you only need to take a walk thru a suburban neighbourhood on a dark winters night after 7pm to appreciate that TV hibernation has set in, i've been out with the dog for almost an hour without seeing another living soul

i've been here 3 years almost to the day, but i would have had 2nd thoughts if i known what (and how long) the winters were like

Butch Cassidy Sep 15th 2009 6:57 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Beaverquest (Post 7933874)
lots of expats living in Calgary appear to put a really brave face on it ; 'it's not too bad if you dress properly ' but yet a million miles from what most people are used too - am from the North of Scotland but still the difference is night and day (dampness, dry cold arguments aside) am talking low end temperatures - okay so everyone seems to love skiing (myself included) but this is only really a pastime for majority of us at the weekends, so rest of the week, it's cold and uncomfortable, you only need to take a walk thru a suburban neighbourhood on a dark winters night after 7pm to appreciate that TV hibernation has set in, i've been out with the dog for almost an hour without seeing another living soul

i've been here 3 years almost to the day, but i would have had 2nd thoughts if i known what (and how long) the winters were like
Its much the same in the summer too in a lot of neighbourhoods.

Beaverquest Sep 15th 2009 7:03 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 7933879)
Its much the same in the summer too in a lot of neighbourhoods.
cheers Butch, yeah was thinking that when i was writing it, but at least you'll see kids shooting hoops, people gardening, washing cars etc in the summer, there's neighbours (esp with garage at front houses) we won't see for 6mths

Butch Cassidy Sep 15th 2009 7:06 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Beaverquest (Post 7933890)
cheers Butch, yeah was thinking that when i was writing it, but at least you'll see kids shooting hoops, people gardening, washing cars etc in the summer, there's neighbours (esp with garage at front houses) we won't see for 6mths
True, I just wonder if the abscence of people on the street isnt due to the dark rather than the cold?

Honestly how many people did you see out in the UK after 7 on a december night?

I think the biggest problem really in Calgary is the front attached Garage;)

Steve_P Sep 15th 2009 7:21 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 7933897)
I think the biggest problem really in Calgary is the front attached Garage;)
Now those I detest.

Butch Cassidy Sep 15th 2009 7:23 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 7933936)
Now those I detest.
When I first arrived I had no problem with them.

Now?:frown::thumbdown::banghead:

Steve_P Sep 15th 2009 7:26 am
Re: Calgary winters.....brrrrr!!!
 
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy (Post 7933940)
When I first arrived I had no problem with them.

Now?:frown::thumbdown::banghead:
I think they destroy any sort of soul a neighbourhood may have had.

All you see is row upon row of garage doors, dull and extremely boring.

It was a major consideration for us when we purchased our present home in 1987.


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