Monday, January 3, 2011
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Home
It just occurred to me (doh) that in most postcards people talk about the weather.
I’ll start mentioning it daily if I remember.
Since the New Year started, we have definitely felt wintery, but not all that cold. What does that mean? At the warmest part of the day it’s been around -5 degrees C, just enough below freezing to be convincing and for the snow not to melt.
We have had a fair bit of snow so far this winter, but not like the storms elsewhere, like in eastern Canada and the US, or in Europe.
There’s a layer about 8 inches deep (let’s call that 20 cm) most places, though the depth varies with the wind, the tracking down by people’s feet and cars, and the shovelling from one spot to pile it in another.
Today was pretty bright and sunny.
Sunrise: 8:40 a.m.
Sunset: 4:42 p.m.
jill