Edmonton Weather: Cold front brings heavy winds and another 2 cm of snow

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A look at Thursday’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.

It’s currently -8 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 10 km/h winds from the east northeast and a windchill of -12.

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Edmonton continues to suffer from the cold front sweeping through the province, with another 2 cm of snow expected to fall intermittently Thursday.

These periods of snowfall will be blowing through the city by 15 km/h winds, with a high of -4 C and a windchill of -13 in the morning, rising to -8. These winds and snowfall periods will persist overnight, with the wind chill dropping to -19. By Friday the snowfall should be over, with the clouds parting just enough to let a little sunlight peak through, a high of -6 C and a wind chill of -10.

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Be careful on the roads out there, friends!

Thursday’s forecast

Thursday: Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning early this morning. Amount 2 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -4 C. Wind chill -13 this morning and -8 this afternoon. UV index 1 or low.

Tonight: Periods of snow ending this evening then mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -13 C. Wind chill -9 this evening and -19 overnight.

Friday: Mainly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. High -6 C. Wind chill -19 in the morning and -10 in the afternoon. UV index 2 or low.

Sunrise: 7:32 a.m.

Sunset: 7:51 p.m.

Normals:

Max: 4 C

Min: -6 C

On this day (1996-2023):

Highest temperature: 12.9 C in 2019

Lowest temperature: -22.4 C in 2002

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Wednesday’s temperature

High: –3.8 C

Low: -7.3 C

Precipitation: 1.8 mm

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