Edmonton, Alberta, experienced extreme cold temperatures, with the airport recording lows of -46°C to -48°C, making it the coldest in over 50 years. This is close to the all-time recorded coldest temperature of -49.4°C (-57°F) in the region. The cold snap is considered historic, with temperatures not seen since 1939. The frigid conditions are a result of a Canadian Arctic Blast, with the high reaching only -34.4°C, the coldest day since records began in 1959.
With a high of just -34.4°C, yesterday was #Edmonton-Airport's coldest day since records began in 1959. #YegWx #YEG #ABWx https://t.co/Hbe5SaWTma
This just in… Canada is cold. https://t.co/Mw9iyW1MFZ
Updated "global boiling" forecast in Edmonton, Alberta 🇨🇦 Coldest in over 50 years! 🥶 = frostbite in minutes. -48°C / -51°F 📉 The mark to beat is -48.3°C at airport from Jan 1972. Let's do this! 🎯 https://t.co/UBpQFlMbOm
We have a winner!! 🏆 Edmonton, Alberta dropped to a balmy -45.7°C (-50.3°F) this morning, which based on data since 1880, is the coldest morning there in nearly 85-years, when it dipped to -46.1°C (-51°F) on February 8, 1939. The old daily record low for January 12th was…
Low at Edmonton airport was -46 C = -51 F.....tied with Dec 12 2009 for the coldest temperature in 52 years...
Canadian Arctic Blast Update 📉❄️🌡️ Edmonton, Alberta 🇨🇦 Canada bottomed out at -45.9°C [-50.6°F] That's the third coldest low on record (since 1959) at the Int'l Airport station. Previous Lowest: [°C] 1972-01-26 -48.3 2009-12-13 -46.1 1976-01-07 -45.6 1969-01-30 -45.0
Edmonton, Alberta, has dropped to -46C (-51F). Their all-time recorded coldest temp appears to be -49.4C (-57F). https://t.co/6BkLNKzqO7
Whoa...#cold by even Edmonton standards. Even some -50s F in northern Canada. https://t.co/H1WRP9l1xe https://t.co/kgYY3vGmqt
-44 C at Edmonton Airport as of 4 AM MST, coldest temperature since the -46 C in December 2009. Likely not bottomed out quite yet....