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Related: About this forumjet stream pattern is bringing a bizarre combination of heavy May snows, flooding, extreme fire...
unusual jet stream patterns -- no longer so unusual
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kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)it absolutely poured. Rain in this amount is rare in May here. As are Santa Ana winds and wildfires. We got both.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)They're calling for 30º C. today. The record is 28.
Generally, the first good summer day here is the 24th of May weekend. I was out yesterday in a swimsuit and it was bloody hot. That's at least 2 1/2 weeks early.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)We'll see if we make it to 30º.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)Guess I'd better get the air conditioner out of the garage.
Stephanie Barsby @SBarsbyweather 3m
26 records have now been broken across #AB. #yeg sits at 30.0 this hour. #cbc pic.twitter.com/LBbshaCmP5
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)All time record Low Temps set over the weekend.
Bizarre and worrisome.
We had to scramble to protect our Spring seedlings that we put out two weeks ago
believing that all possibility of frost we over.
The New Normal?
NickB79
(19,271 posts)We're JUST finally getting some decent weather in the upper 60's with sun. There's still a little snow kicking around, and the grass is finally greening up.
Last year we hit 80F in April; this year we just had a record snowstorm that dumped 15" on parts of southwest MN!