The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Joborule

Best summer ever!

Originally Posted by djsFlames

This is what you dream of for alberta.

Don't change a thing until late Sept. It's perfect.

Going to have like 20 days at 30C this year without smog. Incredible.

Today of all days?

No.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I don’t care how many people die or whether the earth is irreparably damaged for future generations, two straight months of 25-33C weather every day with no rain is heaven. Climate change is the gift that keeps on giving.

[CliffFletcher]

So we’re supposed to feel guilty now whenever we get a spell of hot weather?

Extremes of -30 to +30 have always been a feature of this city’s climate. Getting to enjoy a hot summer without smoke and sit on the back deck in shorts and a t-shirt at 9 pm is a memory to cherish and invoke the next time it’s-30 and dark at 4 pm.

[surferguy]

We could still use some rain though

[djsFlames]

It's raining.

Now you don't get to complain for another week.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

So we’re supposed to feel guilty now whenever we get a spell of hot weather?

Extremes of -30 to +30 have always been a feature of this city’s climate. Getting to enjoy a hot summer without smoke and sit on the back deck in shorts and a t-shirt at 9 pm is a memory to cherish and invoke the next time it’s-30 and dark at 4 pm.

9pm? you'd be soaked right now

[Joborule]

And now the evening thunderstorm. Cherry on top.

[DownInFlames]

Crazy lightning

[DoubleK]

Holy jumping crazy lightning in Renfrew

[DoubleK]

Uhhhh that radar looks freaky

[DoubleK]

Ummm. That kinda looks like a hook.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Ummm. That kinda looks like a hook.

Well that’s just great.

First the heat wave, and now it looks as though we’ll have some pirates to deal with on top of that.

[chubeyr1]

This thunderstorm is gods way of letting me know my relatives from Winnipeg just crossed the Alberta border.

[surferguy]

Lightning strike and house fire somewhere in wildwood right now

[Knut]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Lightning strike and house fire somewhere in wildwood right now

Yup down the street from my parents house.

[8 Ball]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I don’t care how many people die or whether the earth is irreparably damaged for future generations, two straight months of 25-33C weather every day with no rain is heaven. Climate change is the gift that keeps on giving.

Um, who invited Cecil to the BBQ?

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

So we’re supposed to feel guilty now whenever we get a spell of hot weather?

Extremes of -30 to +30 have always been a feature of this city’s climate. Getting to enjoy a hot summer without smoke and sit on the back deck in shorts and a t-shirt at 9 pm is a memory to cherish and invoke the next time it’s-30 and dark at 4 pm.

Your post made me curious so I went and checked the last 5 years of temperatures to see how often we hit +30 and -30 at any time during a given day. I added this year on just for fun. It looks like you'll only have to invoke the memory of hot days once or twice a year on average.

+30 Days
2022 - Jul 12/28/29, Aug 1/7/11/12/13
2021 - Jun 2/3/14/22/26/27/28/29/30, Jul 1/10/14/30/31, Aug 1/3/5/13/14/15
2020 - Aug 16/17/18
2019 - Jul 23, Aug 2/21
2018 - Jul 6/13/16/17/30, Aug 9/10/22
2017 - Jun 26, Jul 7/9/13/15/23/27, Aug 13/23/27/30, Sept 2/6/7

-30 Days
2022 - None
2021 - Feb 11, Dec 26/27
2020 - Jan 13/14/15
2019 - Mar 2
2018 - Jan 1
2017 - Feb 7, Dec 31

[Sainters7]

Yeah I could do with 1 rain day a week just to keep things green (and hopefully entice a nice light-show), but that aside I'm absolutely loving this weather. Yesterday I went for a nice run, then chilled out by the Bow in the afternoon, then treated to a nice lightning show on my balcony in the evening. Just the best. Can't believe how nice July & Aug have been after such a mild June.

Perhaps it's recency bias, but I'm born and (mostly) raised here, and I can't recall a sustained heatwave here like this before. Looks like it's going to be exactly like this right through the end of August.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

So we’re supposed to feel guilty now whenever we get a spell of hot weather?

Extremes of -30 to +30 have always been a feature of this city’s climate. Getting to enjoy a hot summer without smoke and sit on the back deck in shorts and a t-shirt at 9 pm is a memory to cherish and invoke the next time it’s-30 and dark at 4 pm.

Lol triggered!

I’m amazed (but not really) you were able to take a throwaway comment made in jest about our good weather and how it relates to climate change and turn it into an old man rant.

[Wormius]

Half of my body feels sunburned. The little bit of rain today was nice.