Hours of Darkness This Week

It was coming light at around 8.05am and very light by 8.20am
It was going dark at 4.55pm and very dark by 5.30pm

11th January 2009 - Sunday

High: 6.5
Low: -9.0
Rain:(3)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (10)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (13)
It was a bright, cloudless and sunny start to the day. By 9.30am it was already zero degrees. It was another pleasant day, but the wind was quite cold once the sun went down.

10th January 2009 - Saturday

High: 4
Low: -8
Rain:(3)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (10)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (13)
It was a bright and cloudless start to the day, by mid-morning the sky was sunny and very blue. The temperature was showing +3 and by noon it was +7.4 (in the sun). There was no wind, so even out of the sun it felt quite pleasant and warm.

9th January 2009 - Friday

High: 2
Low: -20
Rain:(3)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (10)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (13)
It was a bright almost cloudless sky this morning and although it was showing -20 on the drive to work, it didn't feel as cold as yesterday as there was no wind and it was really quite sunny from arount 10am. There were lots of reports of slippery roads and accidents in and around the City but the road from Okotoks to High River was in pretty good condition.

By mid-day there was a huge Chinook arch over the mountains, with it came a fair bit of cloud cover, but hopefully we will have some warmer weather to look forward to over the days ahead.

On the drive home it was showing 0 degrees, so it had already warmed up 20 degrees by that point.

8th January 2009 - Thursday

High: -11.0
Low: -15.0
Rain:(3)
Snow:(22)
Days we didn't see any sun: (10)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (13)
It was a cloudy start to the day, which gradually became completely white. We had a very short hail storm at around noon and it snowed lightly on and off for most of the afternoon. The temperature was showing around -10, but there was a really biting wind chill making it feel extremely cold. It was a foggy drive home, with blowing snow and slight snowfall making visibility and road conditions quite poor.

There have been weather warnings in effect today, suggesting strong winds, blowing snow and blizzard conditions in southern Alberta, particularly: Airdrie, Chochrane, Olds, Sundre, Lethbridge and Cypress Hills.

7th January 2009 - Wednesday

High: -10
Low: -12
Rain:(3)
Snow:(21)
Days we didn't see any sun: (9)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (12)
It was a very foggy morning, as you can see from the photo, visibilty wasn't very far. There were reports of a number of accidents on the roads and lots of caution was needed. It also felt quite a cold day today and perhaps a little damp. It snowed lightly mid morning but nothing really to speak of.

6th January 2009 - Tuesday

High: -5.0
Low: -11.0
Rain:(3)
Snow:(20)
Days we didn't see any sun: (8)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (12)
It was a lovely bright start to the day, with a bit of cloud cover. It was showing -10 on the drive to work, but with no wind, it felt really quite nice. It did become more cloudy as the day went on and it was a totally white sky by around 4.30pm. It started to get very foggy overnight.

5th January 2009 - Monday

High: 1
Low: -12
Rain:(3)
Snow:(20)
Days we didn't see any sun: (8)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (12)
It was a bright, but fairly cloudy start to the day. The cloud did break and it was a clear blue sky in the afternoon and the sun shone for most of the day. It still felt quite cold but warmer than it has felt in recent days. The afternoon was sunny and bright and really rather pleasant.

Hours of Darkness This Week

It started to come light around 08.10 and was quite light by 08.30
Started to lose light at around 4.30 and was really quite dark by 5.20pm

4th January 2009 - Sunday

High: -2
Low: -20.0
Rain:(3)
Snow:(20)
Days we didn't see any sun: (8)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (12)
It was a bright blue, sunny sky today with a bit of cloud. It was a cold start at around -17 but began to warm up as the day went on and was around -3 by noon. It was a beautiful day outside and very pleasant in the sun.

3rd January 2009 - Saturday

High: -16.5
Low: -32.5
Rain:(3)
Snow:(20)
Days we didn't see any sun: (8)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (12)
It was a bright blue, cloudless and sunny sky today but it remained very cold.

Five Year Stats: October, November & December

We have been feeling as though December has been a pretty cold and snowy one. So we thought we would see if that was actually the case and put together stats for the last five years. It seems we were right, it has been one of the coldest and snowiest Decembers in some time. We included stats for October and November for anyone who might be interested in those too.
(Click on the picture to make it bigger)

2nd January 2009 - Friday

High: -22.0
Low: -25.5
Rain:(3)
Snow:(20)
Days we didn't see any sun: (8)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (12)
It was white snowy sky today. It was snowing fairly lightly but consistently from around 9am. It was another bitterly cold day (-22 on the drive to work). The snow eased off around noon and the sun did manage to break through the cloud briefly in the afternoon. It remained very cold all day.

1st January 2009 - Thursday: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

High: -4.5
Low:-17.0
Rain:(3)
Snow:(19)
Days we didn't see any sun: (8)
Days swept snow from drive (1)
Days shovelled snow from drive (11)
It was a bright start to the day with very little wind and sunny. By mid-day it had clouded over and the wind had picked up, making it feel really quite cold. Early evening it snowed briefly and lightly.