Tell some thing of Alberta
Aug 18th 2004, 10:25 am
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Re: Tell some thing of Calgary/Alberta
Originally Posted by sam/stu
Do the 'chinooks' really make that much of a difference?
It starts snowing here in September and stops in May, but a chinook blows up every few weeks and melts most of the snow. It can be +20C one day and snowing the next for most of the year!
Normally we don't get a lot of rain, most of our precipitation is snow, but the last few weeks have been a real challenge, it's felt like we've been back in the UK.
We get 300+ days per year of sun - it might be below -30C, but at least the sky is blue!
Aug 18th 2004, 10:39 am
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Re: Tell some thing of Calgary/Alberta
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
It still gets very cold in January and February, below -30C and it usually lasts a week or two.
It starts snowing here in September and stops in May, but a chinook blows up every few weeks and melts most of the snow. It can be +20C one day and snowing the next for most of the year!
Normally we don't get a lot of rain, most of our precipitation is snow, but the last few weeks have been a real challenge, it's felt like we've been back in the UK.
We get 300+ days per year of sun - it might be below -30C, but at least the sky is blue!
It starts snowing here in September and stops in May, but a chinook blows up every few weeks and melts most of the snow. It can be +20C one day and snowing the next for most of the year!
Normally we don't get a lot of rain, most of our precipitation is snow, but the last few weeks have been a real challenge, it's felt like we've been back in the UK.
We get 300+ days per year of sun - it might be below -30C, but at least the sky is blue!
I bet that even though the weather is below freezing, the whole city does not grind to a halt. Wrong snow/ leaves/rain /sun, what a crock!! Courtesy of British Rail - the cold/freezing weather isn't a problem as long as you are prepared for it and it is obvious that England isn't !!
Aug 18th 2004, 11:20 am
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Re: Tell some thing of Alberta
There's only one day Calgary ground to a halt - the city had six feet of snow overnight and it was before I got here.
We had over a foot of snow on the May long weekend in 2002 - the c-trains were up to 10 minutes late that day!!
Working downtown at below -30C isn't too bad - there's a system of walkways called the +15's that connect most of the downtown core buildings at 1st floor level. You can walk right across downtown without ever going outside. There are also food courts, newspaper shops, drug stores, dentists, etc all at +15 level.
We had over a foot of snow on the May long weekend in 2002 - the c-trains were up to 10 minutes late that day!!
Working downtown at below -30C isn't too bad - there's a system of walkways called the +15's that connect most of the downtown core buildings at 1st floor level. You can walk right across downtown without ever going outside. There are also food courts, newspaper shops, drug stores, dentists, etc all at +15 level.
