Monday, September 10, 2007

Winter has arrived in Alberta



Well, looks like winter has arrived in Alberta.
In September none the less. We had a wicked
hail storm here this past Saturday. According
to Wikipedia it only hails here 1-3 times per year.
Ha. We have seen it hail at least 5 or 6 times so far.

The highest temperature recorded in Edmonton was 34.5°C (94.1°F) on August 5, 1998.[13] Some areas, however, such as the City of St Albert and Sherwood Park recorded temperatures of 37.7°C (99.9°F) on July 22, 2006, while the downtown core managed to reach around 35°C (95°F). The coldest temperature was −49.4°C (−56.9°F), recorded on January 19 and 21, 1886.[14] and hails occur on an average of 1 to 3 times a year

Let's hope we don't break the cold temperature
record while we are here.

So, here are a couple clips of the hail storm. Turn
your speakers up so you can hear it. At the bottom
are a couple pics.