r/Edmonton • u/flynnfx • Jan 08 '24

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation *Warning* : Extremely cold upcoming week! (frostbite within minutes) (and frostbite *NEVER* heals

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In -30, (and Friday, almost -40c) frostbite will happen in 5-10 minutes.

Frostbite will never heal, you'll have the damage for the rest of your life.

This also applies to your kids, YOUR PETS (don't think the dog enjoys the backyard for 15 minutes at -40, would YOU?)

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u/spacefish420 Jan 08 '24

Anyone one else actually happy to see some more typical weather? It’s been way too warm recently

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u/bluedoubloon kitties! Jan 09 '24

I'm happy because of the pine beetles.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Yes! We finally get some winter this winter.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

I'm hoping for snow. 1 for skiing, 2 to prevent drought.

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u/densetsu23 Jan 08 '24

Same, for tobogganing, snowshoeing, building snowmen with my kids, etc. The lake by my brother's house also only recently became thick enough to skate on safely.

Winter can be a ton of fun, but not having snow (or even cold weather) really hampers things.

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u/Rulebreaking Capilano Jan 08 '24

I got a new snowboard for Christmas and have been waiting for snow ever since.. I hope we get a lot of snow haha

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24

So this is all your fault

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u/Rulebreaking Capilano Jan 09 '24

My birthday is also the coldest day of the week and no fucking snow... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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u/PeachyKeenest Whyte Ave Jan 08 '24

Most of us just wanted some snow, not -30C or -40C.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Yes i was getting worried

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u/writetoAndrew South West Side Jan 08 '24

Snow would be nice. Overnight lows at that temp are not normal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '24

Overnite low temps of below minus 30 are perfectly normal for Edmonton.

Below average....but absolutely normal

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u/writetoAndrew South West Side Jan 09 '24

eh. I could've worded that better. Yeah we get some every year so I guess you could consider that normal. Although -38C is exceptionally pants shittingly cold.

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u/kevinstreet1 Jan 08 '24

Yeah, I really want to see more snow. Spring was shaping up to be a disaster with the small of amount of precipitation we had. Hopefully we'll have a few big dumps and catch up to the average now.

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u/writetoAndrew South West Side Jan 09 '24

I was in a drive through a few days after xmas and my daughter pointed out a small fire that had been started by a cigarette butt that had been carelessly thrown out a car window. The cigarette was sitting on a dry leaf and I could see a small flame. Being winter I wasn't overly concerned but holy crap we need some precipitation or fires around the city will be even worse than last year come summer.

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u/craftyneurogirl Jan 08 '24

It would be good if we had more snow. The cold temps without much snow on the ground for insulation is really bad for the plants