Frigid -46.1 C at the Edmonton International Airport ?

14 years ago

Does anyone know someone living near to the airport that can confirm the nasty cold temperatures recorded there? Here in the hills near Spruce Grove, on Sunday morning the mercury had dipped to -33 C (-27 F) ... that's no where near the absurdly cold recorded at the airport. The temperature received here is usually within one or two degrees of what is shown on the Global Morning News. Is the airport situated in some hell frozen over frigid zone, OR are their recording devices possibly defective? ... is it really that cold there?

The current cold snap is just about over ... heck, really didn't seem that bad to me.

Terry

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oilpainter
14 years ago
According to the weather it hit -47 and was touted as the coldest place on earth. Check out the site below

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=bccold_12_12_2008&eccode=WWCAAB0007&warningdisplay=ec&warningtype=aw?ref=activeweather_city
Konrad___far_north
14 years ago
Still a mistery to me..

Here is a link that might be useful: Temp...
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Thanks everyone. The pictures of it recovering are in this photo album. It has another two fans I saw coming out of the crown today. It had zero protection just to clarify. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23840945@N05/ Don555, I live near Whitemud Crossing and from my monitoring I have noticed its almost identical to city centre readings. Far south Edmonton is the coldest area in the whole city. I've found even Leduc has warmer extreme lows (-37c this year). Its weird that the international airport is so much colder than anywhere within 50 miles of the city consistently every year (-46c this year) and anything close to the south henday is the worst in the city. -35C is the coldest I've seen in many years where I live and thats one degree off zone4a so I basically consider my area zone 4a. I've had many years that don't break -30 sitting in zone 5a.
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shazam_z3
14 years ago
Hoping this weather is killing off the pine beetles.
squirelette
14 years ago
I drive out to Devon every morning and the dash thermometer drops a good 7 degrees from the north end where I start until I get to Devon, it must be a micro climate out there.
FrozeBudd_z3/4
Original Author
14 years ago
Yes, obviously some deep freeze pocket in that area. I'm thankful I don't reside where temps drastically dip below what is experienced nearby.

Konrad, the next time I'm at the airport, I'm gonna have to take a thermometer with me, lol.

Terry
don555
14 years ago
I realize I'm late here, but yes, the International airport is always one of the coldest places on clear calm nights. In my Millwoods backyard on that particular night I recorded -38.8 C.
luv2gro
14 years ago
Hi all
Haven't been on here for AGES. Happy New Year to all.
On that particular night, my son was in a car accident on Ellerslie Rd and 111 St. (He's thankfully OK, but my car didn't survive : ( Airbags did their job) When we drove to get him, the fog was also a major concern. We couldn't see headlights more than about 15 feet away. The temp on my husband's truck was reading -39 and that was at about 1:30 AM. Believe me, it was brutally cold and we were at the scene for about 2 hours waiting for the towtrucks to arrive.

BTW, don555, I'm not far away. I'm in Summerside. We're neighbours :)

When I took my MG course out at the Devonian, we talked quite extensively about the microclimate that they have and we talked about how it extended to the airport, Rabbit Hill area, etc.

Shauna
FrozeBudd_z3/4
Original Author
14 years ago
Shauna ... I'm sure glad your son was okay after his vehicle accident.

Terry

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