31st December 2009 - Thursday

High: -18.0
Low: -24.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(12)
Days we didn't see any sun: (15)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a very cloudy start and bitterly cold at -23. The temperature didn't improve by much and it remained cold and cloudy all day.

30th December 2009 - Wednesday

High: -14.0
Low: -17.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(12)
Days we didn't see any sun: (14)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a cloudy and dull start to the day and it had snowed lightly over night. There was light snow in the air in the morning too and it felt quite cool at -14. Going into the evening it cooled down dramatically and felt very cold.

29th December 2009 - Tuesday

High: -6.0
Low: -14.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a fairly cloudy start to the day but it soon brightened up and was sunny and blue sky for most of the afternoon. It was around -6 for most of the day and sunny. It was quite pleasant in the sunshine, but quite cool out of it.

28th December 2009 - Monday

High: -5.0
Low: -15.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

There was a bit of patchy cloud this morning and it was -14 at 8.30am. It was a sunny day but it still felt very cold.

27th December 2009 - Sunday

High: -1.5
Low: -9.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a crisp and frosty start to the day. There was a bit of light cloud cover this morning, but it was mainly sunny and bright blue sky. It was around -12 at 8.30am.

26th December 2009 - Saturday

High: -2.5
Low: -16.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a bright and sunny start and it was showing -11. The day got colder and the temperature was bouncing around between -17 and -19. It was a bright sunny day though with lots of blue sky.

25th December 2009 - Friday

High: -5.5
Low: -13.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a bright and sunny start and it was showing +2 on our sunny porch by noon today but the car was showing -8 so it was quite cool out of the sun. Wrapped up warm though it was a beautful sunny day with lots of blue sky and no cloud or wind.

24th December 2009 - Thursday

High: -5.5
Low: -23.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a bright and sunny start and -19 8.30am. By mid-day it had reached -9.0. It was a clear and sunny day for most of the day and it didn't feel too cold. There looked to be a chinook forming over the mountains by late afternoon.

23rd December 2009 - Wednesday

High: -16.0
Low: -24.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

It was a bright and sunny start, but very cold. It was -24 at 8.30am and it warmed up to around -19.

22nd December 2009 - Tuesday

High: -12.0
Low: -15.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (7)

There was quite a bit of cloud cover this morning, but it was clearing by 8.30am and blue sky could be seen. It was quite cold this morning at -16, but reports said it would feel colder due to a wind chill.

The highway down to High River was in pretty good shape and ploughs and gritters were out in force. There were reports of some slippery road conditions up in Calgary so care was needed.

It was a fairly sunny day and didn't feel quite as cold as predicted. It started to snow early evening and got progressively heavier. We were in Calgary at around 7.30pm and visibility and conditions were very poor for the drive home.

21 December 2009 - Monday

High: -10.5
Low: -12
Rain:(5)
Snow:(11)
Days we didn't see any sun: (13)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (6)

There was a lot of cloud cover this morning and it was -10 at 8.30am and it felt quite cold. There was a bit of light snow in the air this morning which got progressively heavier as the day went on. Visibility wasn't too bad on the drive home, but that got worse as the evening went on.

20th December 2009 - Sunday

High: -7.5
Low: -11.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(10)
Days we didn't see any sun: (12)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (5)

There was a lot of cloud cover this morning which remained all day. It was -10, but without the sun it felt very cold.

There was snow up in the North of Calgary this morning, but we didn't get any down in Okotoks.

19th December 2009 -Saturday

High: -0.5
Low: -7.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(10)
Days we didn't see any sun: (11)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (5)

There was a bit of light cloud cover this morning, but most of the cloud cleared leaving bright blue sky and sunshine. The temperature was bouncing around between -3 and zero. It was a beautiful day which didn't feel cold at all.

18th December 2009 - Friday

High: 0.5
Low: -10.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(10)
Days we didn't see any sun: (11)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (5)

There was a fair bit of light cloud this morning but it was still farily bright. It was -7 at 8.30am but it didn't feel too cold.