You know it’s been quite the winter when that passes for a headline, but let’s face it... the past month of the season in particular has been a little subpar by historical standards. Whether you view that as part and parcel to living on the prairies or perhaps a counterbalance to the overall great summer weather we had you’ve gotta admit that we were due for a week like what’s forecasted by Environment Canada starting with Tuesday’s eventual forecast of:
High of minus 13 and sunny!
(If you can look past a slow morning start of -30)
The average historical high for this time in February is between -7 and -8 degrees, though if the forecast holds Wednesday’s -11 would be the first time temps have gone above -12 in four weeks.
Forecasts do fluctuate from hour to hour and day to day, but as of the time of this posting the week as a whole is said to be looking quite similar to today with highs all the way through Saturday between -11 and -13. That may mean we're trending towards leaving the depths of winter in our dust, but as in the sign in the pic it may be a little premature to let one's guard down ;)
The full most up-to-date forecast can be found here.