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I challenge you to find a flat piece of ground in the world more extreme temp swings then the Canadian Prairies. In Summer, we can hit +40C, 100F+ in the Summer. In the Winter, below -40C/F. Yesterday 18C, 65F and today freezing and this, actually worse now. A bunch more coming and below freezing most of the week.
We have super radical temperature swings here in Colorado as well. We can go from 75-80 degrees one day to snow the next. It is a joke out here. Go to work in the morning clearing ice off the windows and come home with the top down. I feel your pain.
How about your neighbor to the south (if you’re in the provinces), the greatest temperature change in24 hours occurred in Loma, Montana on January 15, 1972. The temp rose exactly 103 degrees, from -54 degrees Fahrenheit to 49 degrees - world record for a 24 hour temperature change
Calgary is quite often similar, huge temp swings in 24 hours. They get the Mountain affect in both those places, Montana as well. Our temps happen a bit slower here but we don't have mountains here, just river valleys being the biggest hills.
As a boy, my father lived in Eastern Montana. He said warm winds from the Canadian prairies would keep temperatures in the 50s sometimes during the winter. He called them Chinooks.
Here in south Texas, we get cold winds from the Canadian prairies that sometimes drop winter temperatures 40° within a few hours. We call them Blue Northers.
The Grand canyon in AZ can produce some pretty good extremes.The coldest temperature recorded was –22 °F on the North Rim on February 1, 1985. The warmest was 120°F at Phantom Ranch on several dates during summer months.
I guess I should have been specific. When I say extremes, I mean where else can hit mid 30's to 40C in the Summer and mid -40's in the Winter. Places get much colder and many get much hotter. Almost no where has the variance the Northern Prairie does. I remember in 1988 my Sister went for a track meet. It was 39 degrees Celius and 44C on the asphalt. Kids were passing out, ah the good old days😁. We regularly have -40 and below, we can have it for weeks on end. Luckily we have less of the Tornadoes than the US and no Hurricanes.
I guess I should have been specific. When I say extremes, I mean where else can hit mid 30's to 40C in the Summer and mid -40's in the Winter. Places get much colder and many get much hotter. Almost no where has the variance the Northern Prairie does. I remember in 1988 my Sister went for a track meet. It was 39 degrees Celius and 44C on the asphalt. Kids were passing out, ah the good old days😁. We regularly have -40 and below, we can have it for weeks on end. Luckily we have less of the Tornadoes than the US and no Hurricanes.
I think wild temp changes have a lot to do with lack of humidity. I grew up in Florida, and the temp changes during the day were never more than 10 degrees due to the humidity holding it tight. Whereas, it's been 25 at night in Texas where I hunted and 70 during the afternoon, then back to 25.
Another wonder of the Prairies is cycles of dry and wet. Almost never the right amount, either too much or almost none. We end up with a foot of snow, high winds. More snow and rain today. We are really dry here, thanks to awful winds which seem to accompany drought.
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Well, today and tomorrow 30C or 86F. By Friday, 2C or 35.6F for a high! Nothing like a 50 degree swing and par for the course on May long weekend here.
Was just about freezing here (which must be a record for this time of year) when I woke up this morning. Forecast high today is 69F. That's about as crazy as it gets out here on Vancouver Island.
Mid 90's here in Sunny AZ this week. We've begun our gradual crawl up to our usual yearly triple digits. They say we're supposed to have a pretty good monsoon season this year, hope so!
Good thing I live so close to the beach.... oh wait.... damn.
After receiving basically no moisture in April and May and Dust Bowel Winds, it starting raining and snowing yesterday around freezing temps. Well woke up to no power, freezing rain has every tree bent over, our yard is surprisingly good, only one tree breaking off small chunks near the garage. We badly needed the moisture after being so dry but did it have to be like this? Good thing we have the best Fishing in the World to justify living in one of the most extreme climates on the planet.
