30th April 2010 - Friday

High: 11.4
Low: 1.1
Rain:(10)
Snow:(25)
Days we didn't see any sun: (36)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day. By noon it was +10 and a lot of the snowfall from the last few days was starting to melt. It continued to get warmer and it was a warm and sunny day.

29th April 2010 - Thursday

High: 3.1
Low: -0.7
Rain:(10)
Snow:(25)
Days we didn't see any sun: (36)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was still snowing this morning and the following weather warning was still in place. The snow did clear out fairly quickly and there was lots of blue sky and sunshine. There had been a number of accidents overnight and early morning resulting in some of the highways being closed, particularly in the north, up and around Airdrie and Strathmore. By early afternoon most of the main roads were cleared of snow. This is very possibly one of the worst storms we have seen at this time of year.

Winter storm warning for Okotoks, High River & Claresholm

Further snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 centimetres by this evening in most localities.

This is a warning that dangerous winter weather conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions...Listen for updated statements.

An intense weather system over Southern Alberta will slowly move eastward into Saskatchewan today. Ahead of the low rain fell in many communities Wednesday with wet snow occurring along the foothills especially from Red Deer - Rocky Mountain House southward. As the low moves east today the winds will strengthen to north to northwest 50 gusting to 80 km/h and the precipitation will spread slowly eastwards.

Total snowfall amounts will generally be in the range of 10 to 20 centimetres for the storm but elevation effects will enhance amounts to 30 to 40 centimetres along portions of the southern foothills and through the Lethbridge..Cardston and Pincher Creek regions especially over higher terrain.

Over the Red Deer..Drumheller..And Brooks regions the snowfall will be highest over western sections.

In the Hanna Coronation and Medicine Hat regions northerly winds of 60 gusting to 90 km/h are expected to develop later this morning. Winds will gradually diminish this evening.

This winter storm can produce poor travelling conditions. Persons in or near these areas should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and listen for updated warnings.

28th April 2010 - Wednesday

High: 5.0
Low: 0.2
Rain:(10)
Snow:(25)
Days we didn't see any sun: (35)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a cloudy and rainy day today and only +2 by mid morning. The rain turned into snow and and we had around 3inches on our drive to clear. Due to the snow being wet at this time of year, the road conditions were terrible and visibility was very poor.

There is currently Winter Storm Warning in place today for the M.D. of Foothills near Okotoks and De Winton

Intermittent rain changing to snow by Thursday morning. Snowfall amounts of 10 to 20 centimetres by Thursday evening in most localities. This is a warning that dangerous winter weather conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions...Listen for updated statements.

An upper low pressure system will move across the Rockies into Southern Alberta today before moving slowly eastward along the Montana border. The storm will move into Saskatchewan by Thursday evening. Ahead of the low periods of rain have begun in many communities. As the low moves east the winds will shift to north to northwest 50 gusting to 70 km/h and the precipitation will change to snow over western and Southern Alberta. Snowfall amounts will generally be in the range of 10 to 20 centimetres, but elevation effects will enhance the snowfall to near 30 centimetres along portions of the southern foothills. Extremely poor visibilities can be expected at times with the strong winds and falling snow. Over the Red Deer..Drumheller..And Brooks regions the snowfall will be highest over western sections. Foothill areas to the west of Red Deer can also expect some snow but amounts look to be sub warning criteria at this time.

27th April 2010 - Tuesday

High: 8.8
Low: 0.1
Rain:(8)
Snow:(24)
Days we didn't see any sun: (34)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly cloudy day today and temperatures only reached about +7. It was also quite windy making it feel much colder.

26th April 2010 - Monday

High: 10.9
Low: -1.3
Rain:(8)
Snow:(24)
Days we didn't see any sun: (34)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly nice day today and temperatures reached around +10.

25th April 2010 - Sunday

High: 9.0
Low: 0.2
Rain:(8)
Snow:(24)
Days we didn't see any sun: (34)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly nice day today but not as warm as it has been. It was -1 at 8.30am and reachyed +7 by noon.

24th April 2010 - Saturday

High: 10.7
Low: -2.3
Rain:(8)
Snow:(24)
Days we didn't see any sun: (34)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a cloudy start to the day and it was cool at only +1. It remained cool during the day. Later in the day, we had a little snow.

23rd April 2010 - Friday

High: 12.5
Low: 1.5
Rain:(8)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a fairly bright start and +5 at 8.30am, there were a lot of very black clouds over the mountains,and we had a very brief shower. It was quite a sunny and bright afternoon and very hot in the sun. It was quite breezy at times, but on the whole a very nice day.

22nd April 2010 - Thursday

High: 16.0
Low: 1.9
Rain:(8)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +7 by 8.30am. It was +18 throughout the afternoon and it started to cloud over at around 5pm and it started to rain about 40 mins later. It was quite a breezy day but very pleasant for the most part. It was quite stormy and raining quite hard by the late evening.

21st April 2010 - Wednesday

High: 21.8
Low: 4.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +7 by 8.30am. It was +21 by noon and lovely and warm and sunny. It was another breezy day, but on the whole very pleasant.

20th April 2010 - Tuesday

High: 21.4
Low: 2.9
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +7 by 8.30am. It was +21 by noon and very hot in the sun. It was quite windy, but the wind was warm. It was another lovely day.

19th April 2010 - Monday

High: 19.9
Low: 3.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +8 by 8.30am. It was +19 by noon and it was very hot in the sun. There was a breeze so it was cool but comfortable out of the sun.

18th April 2010 - Sunday

High: 18.1
Low: 1.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +5 by 8.30am. The temperature reached +20 and it was a hot and sunny day. There was a bit of thunder rumbling in the sky from around 7pm.

17th April 2010 - Saturday

High: 20.5
Low: 0.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +7 by 8.30am. The temperature reached +20 and it was a hot and sunny day.

16th April 2010 - Friday

High: 18.5
Low: -3.6
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day. It was only 0 at 8.30am but it didn't feel cold. By noon it was +20 and warm and sunny. The wind picked up a bit in the afternoon, but on the whole it was a beautiful day.

15th April 2010 - Thursday

High: 13.0
Low: -2.3
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was bright and sunny start to the day and +5 first thing this morning. It was a lovely bright, sunny and warm day.

14th April 2010 - Wednesday

High: 13.2
Low: 0.8
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was an overcast and cloudy start and we had had a sprinkling of snow overnight. However, other areas hadn't been so lucky and there were reports of 6-8inches of snow on the highways. Strathmore, Cochrane, Vulcan, Brooks and East Calgary seemed hardest hit.

It was +5 at 8am in High River and roads were clear. The temperature had risen to +10 by noon and although it was fairly breezy it felt quite pleasant. It turned out to be quite a bright afternoon.

13th April 2010 - Tuesday

High: 2.2
Low: -0.9
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (33)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was an overcast, foggy and grey start to the day. It was snowing lightly this morning. It remained cloudy and cold for the whole day.

12th April 2010 - Monday

High: 1.8
Low: -3.6
Rain:(7)
Snow:(23)
Days we didn't see any sun: (32)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a very overcast start to the day and it had been snowing lightly overnight. it snowed lightly on and off for most of the day and it was a dull and cold, damp day.

11th April 2010 - Sunday

High: 3.7
Low: -9.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a very bright and sunny start to the day but there was a cool breeze so it felt quite cold.

10th April 2010 - Saturday

High: 6.2
Low: -4.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a very bright and sunny start to the day. It was only -4 first thing and it felt quite cold. It did warm up as the day went on and it was very hot in the sun.

9th April 2010 - Friday

High: 4.5
Low: -4.5
Rain:(7)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a very bright and sunny start to the day. It was only -1 at 8.30am and the wind was quite cold, making it feel much colder. It remained fairly bright and sunny for most of the day.

8th April 2010 - Thursday

High: 15.3
Low: -2.6
Rain:(7)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day and +7 at 8.30am. It clouded over around lunchtime, but it was still +12 and by early afternoon all the cloud had cleared again.

It was a bright and sunny day on the whole but very windy. It wasn't cold though.

There is currently a Weather warning in place:
Wind warning for Okotoks, High River, Claresholm

Strong winds developing early this evening.

A low pressure system just east of Red Deer has combined with a cold front crossing Southern Alberta to generate strong winds over almost all areas of the southern province this evening. Most regions of Southern Alberta east of the Rockies and foothills have seen west winds of 60 to 70 km/h with gusts near 90 km/h. In a few localities these winds may give reduced visibilities in blowing dust.

Winds will gradually diminish this evening from the southwest as the system moves into east Central Alberta.

It started to snow at around 5.30pm and road conditions in Calgary and North of Calgary were terrible. The temperature dropped rapidly and the wind was freezing.

There were reports of a 54 car pile up in one area and electricity went out at the airport, which meant cancelled flights and in the NE leaving 51,000 without power.

However, Okotoks and High River got off very lightly with virtually nothing.

7th April 2010 - Wednesday

High: 13.3
Low: -1.9
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day and -1 at 8.30am. It warmed up to around +13 and it was very nice and sunny. It started to get quite breezy at around 5pm. Generally though it was a lovely day.

6th April 2010 - Tuesday

High: 10.9
Low: -4.6
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day. It was only -2 at 8.30am but it didn't feel cold. It clouded over quite a bit as the day went on, but it was still quite pleasant and warm.

5th April 2010 - Monday

High: 9.5
Low: -6.8
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day, it was only -2 first thing, but the temperature rose steadily throughout the day and it was a very pleasant afternoon. Without the breeze, it felt warmer than yesterday.

4th April 2010 - Sunday

High: 8.5
Low: -1.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day and the temperature had risen to +10 by noon. It was quite breezy so it felt cooler than it was but as the day went on the wind died down and it was quite a nice late afternoon/evening.

3rd April 2010 - Saturday

High: 9.6
Low: -3.2
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day and the temperature had risen to +10 by noon. It was quite nice in the sunshine but there was a bit of a breeze making it feel much cooler. It was quite a breezy day but still very good for the time of year.

2nd April 2010 - Friday

High: 9.3
Low: -5.4
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day quite warm. Temperatures rose during the day and it was +9 by noon and it was really warm and and sunny.

There are reports on the news to say that there are fire bans in place as this is the warmest and driest it has been this early in many many years. They have already had to put out several forrest fires.

1st April 2010 - Thursday

High: 9.1
Low: -6.0
Rain:(7)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (31)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (14)

It was a bright and sunny start to the day and it didn't feel cold. It was a lovely sunny and bright afternoon. Temperatures reached around +8.