Extreme cold warning ends after record-breaking week
Posted Feb 12, 2021 11:19 am.
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – After nearly a week of bone-chilling temperatures and windchills, the extreme cold warning has ended for the City of Calgary.
However, Environment Canada still has warnings in place for the majority of the province, including nearby communities like Cochrane, Sundre and Brooks.
The cold weather broke several records in Calgary and throughout Alberta.
Thursday’s average windchill of minus 37.2 was the lowest windchill ever set for that date since records were kept in 1953.
????With an avg windchill of -37.2, yesterday was #Calgary's windchilliest Feb 11th since records began in 1953. #YycWx pic.twitter.com/uHEi772gJs
— Calgary Weather Records???? (@YYC_Weather) February 12, 2021
On Thursday, Environment Canada said 11 records were broken for low temperatures, adding to the 53 already broken since the beginning of the cold snap.
Some of those records included Drumheller at minus 37.7 and Hendrickson Creek with the coldest spot in the province at minus 41.6, breaking the record held from 2019.
While the extreme cold warning has lifted, it doesn’t mean the arctic weather is going away quickly.
The latest forecast for the Calgary area shows temperatures slowly dropping over the weekend but only hitting minus 19 as a high for Family Day Monday.
Temperatures are expected to climb heading into next week with Wednesday and Thursday possibly reaching highs above zero.
