12-01-2023, 07:55 PM
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#3841
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From what I can remember the last 3 winters have hit pretty late, and lingered long past their welcome. Well into November when it really got cold, and late April for the ice to come off the water at the earliest.
To contrast 4 years ago, I remember having breakfast outside in shorts and t-shirt 3 Saturday mornings in April.
Global warming, the edges of the seasons are going to get a lot longer and more varied before the -30 days completely disappear.
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12-01-2023, 10:02 PM
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#3842
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Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #-3
From what I can remember the last 3 winters have hit pretty late, and lingered long past their welcome. Well into November when it really got cold, and late April for the ice to come off the water at the earliest.
To contrast 4 years ago, I remember having breakfast outside in shorts and t-shirt 3 Saturday mornings in April.
Global warming, the edges of the seasons are going to get a lot longer and more varied before the -30 days completely disappear.
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Last year there was an early snow and cold snap in late october, was pretty tame through christmas, it thawed out completely in january and there were maybe two weeks in february when it was proper frigid. Spring was pretty well on schedule, and everything was greening before Mother's day so you can make a case that spring arrived early.
Given what's shaping up to be an unprecedented El Nino, it looks like this winter will be even more tame and tolerable than last. Not even sure we're going to see the -20s until january at this rate (knock on wood).
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12-01-2023, 10:35 PM
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#3843
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Join Date: Nov 2021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #-3
From what I can remember the last 3 winters have hit pretty late, and lingered long past their welcome. Well into November when it really got cold, and late April for the ice to come off the water at the earliest.
To contrast 4 years ago, I remember having breakfast outside in shorts and t-shirt 3 Saturday mornings in April.
Global warming, the edges of the seasons are going to get a lot longer and more varied before the -30 days completely disappear.
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The thing about subjective measurements is that they are usually wrong. This spring was one of the warmest in history. In May this year, the lowest temperature was 3°C, first time in recorded history that Calgary stayed above 0°C for all of May.
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12-01-2023, 10:47 PM
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#3844
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Originally Posted by timun
What a weird headline; I remember lots of brown Christmases... It felt like more brown ones than white ones in the '80s and '90s...
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A brown Christmas might be common in Calgary but in much of Alberta (North and central) it is rare.
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12-01-2023, 11:12 PM
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#3845
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timun
What a weird headline; I remember lots of brown Christmases... It felt like more brown ones than white ones in the '80s and '90s...
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Agreed, felt like things were drier in general back then. I seem to recall lots of brown Christmases and brown Augusts too.
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12-02-2023, 12:49 AM
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#3846
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: On your last nerve...:D
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We have to drive to Taber for a funeral/memorial tomorrow, so I'm just glad there's not a blizzard/ice/snow.
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12-02-2023, 01:46 AM
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#3847
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Discriminating against a Brown Christmas??
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12-02-2023, 11:06 AM
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#3848
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by jayswin
Whole bunch of 10 to 14 degree days in December that year.
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I remember watching kids ride their new bikes on the street on Christmas day in sweatshirts.
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12-02-2023, 11:39 AM
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I'm predicting that there will be discussions about significant water levels/shortages next summer. I hope I'm wrong.
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12-02-2023, 12:16 PM
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#3850
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Originally Posted by D as in David
I'm predicting that there will be discussions about significant water levels/shortages next summer. I hope I'm wrong.
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In southern Alberta for sure. If we don't get a huge snowpack (which isn't predicted) or substantial spring rains it's going to be dire.
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12-02-2023, 12:24 PM
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#3851
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by D as in David
I'm predicting that there will be discussions about significant water levels/shortages next summer. I hope I'm wrong.
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They are already happening. The AB government just put an RFP out for watershed modeling for 2024.
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12-02-2023, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Barnes
They are already happening. The AB government just put an RFP out for watershed modeling for 2024.
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Not sure about the Bow but they need to be a lot more strict with the irrigation farmers further south. Some districts are like the Old West with ridiculous allotments and poor oversight.
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12-02-2023, 01:50 PM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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A year old, but here's 50 years of Christmases.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1594820120920080384
Also, anyone know what the heck reddit did to make it impossible to just grab an image url?
Last edited by driveway; 12-02-2023 at 01:59 PM.
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12-04-2023, 05:24 AM
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#3855
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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What does the graphic for 1984 & 2004 mean? It was a brown Christmas, but some light snow fell on Christmas Day?
2004 was my first of 9 straight Christmas' not living in Calgary, so I wouldn't even know, just curious.
Last edited by Sainters7; 12-04-2023 at 05:27 AM.
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12-04-2023, 06:47 AM
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#3856
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Originally Posted by Sainters7
What does the graphic for 1984 & 2004 mean? It was a brown Christmas, but some light snow fell on Christmas Day?
2004 was my first of 9 straight Christmas' not living in Calgary, so I wouldn't even know, just curious.
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Yeah pretty much. Less than 2cm, but it snowed on Christmas day.
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12-04-2023, 08:14 AM
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#3857
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I’m the first to bitch about the cold, but this has been an awesome run of weather.
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12-05-2023, 01:23 PM
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#3858
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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12-05-2023, 01:56 PM
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If we don’t get snow, next summer is going to be an absolute ####-show of forest fires, smoke, fire restrictions, etc.
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12-05-2023, 02:02 PM
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#3860
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
If we don’t get snow, next summer is going to be an absolute ####-show of forest fires, smoke, fire restrictions, etc.
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Isnt that the new norm either way 
At least let me have a nice winter if my Spring and Summer are going to be smoke filled hellholes
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