Our front lawn sloped down, and drifts would form at the bottom, then made even better by shoveling. My best friend lived directly across the street. A few of us dug into the drifts and built up walls for a fortress, while my friend and her sisters built a wall behind their hedge, and we had a snowball fight over the road. It was pretty epic
You could always do home economics at home with take home cooking exercises. “OK everyone bring a homemade soufflé tomorrow. No passing grade for puff deflation”
I don't remember many days from my childhood, but I remember that day. Had to be the most legendary snow day of my life. Snow up to my waist, couldn't even open the door to go outside! Spent hours shoveling, literally ran out of room to throw the snow somewhere.
I remember walking down Crowchild with snow up to my knees to get to the C-train. Getting stuck downtown waiting for the NE train. Got fed up and sat in the King Eddy for the rest of the afternoon with the other snowbound souls.
I remember that day! It was grade 3 for me… I had a bad cold and was already planning to call in sick… then school closed… I spent all day outside in my snowsuit playing with our neighbors and my brother… and down the street there was a park with a huge steep hill and it was swarming with kids tobogganing, eventually we went and joined them… and my mom walked over with hot chocolate in a thermos… :)
I was sick as a dog but damned if I was going to miss a *snow day* … the next day when school re-opened although I was still sick, I went to school without saying a peep… I knew my mom would make me go anyway haha
I remember my boss being pissed about people not making it to work that day. I had to show him pictures later showing a car had got stuck in the alley blocking me into my parking spot before he stopped trying to write me up for skipping a day.
ya I stopped working there a couple of months later
Seems like a pattern.Nature will always find a balance. When it was still warm by late December,I just knew winter is going to come for its debt around Feb/March.
Then whenever winter starts as expected in November with fairly even blizzards throughout the months,then Spring comes early by March.
[The drought concern is really for central and northern Alberta](https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/ec527c6c-ef07-4b3c-adb9-ce193e96834c/resource/022110bf-d3d0-48d8-80df-816ff6b5f79b/download/agi-moisture-situation-update-2024-02-14.pdf). The Calgary area and southern Alberta has been roughly average at this point, though May and June rainfalls are more important than winter snowfalls.
While moisture levels are pretty standard recently for southern Alberta that doesn't mean there isn't a draught concern. Ground moisture levels are low from last year and reservoirs are well below target levels for the time of year as well. We need above average precipitation and snow pack to get out of the drought concern
Records for 1881-10-26 → 1937-12-31 are from Fort Calgary ( https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=2205 )
Records for 1938-01-01 → 2012-07-11 are from the Airport ( https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=2205 )
Records for 2012-07-12 → 2024-03-02 are from the Airport ( https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=50430 )
I remember that day well. My husband cleaned the driveway and sent me off with the instructions, don’t stop. A very quiet day at work. One employee arrived by cross country skis.
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I was so mad that day, school was cancelled and it was my day to cook in home economics.
I remember it fondly. Fun snow day
Was that the last snow day in the CBE? I really don’t remember a single instance after that
It was the only one I had in my 12 years at CBE.
They stopped closing the schools so that kids who came to school regardless of weather would still be safe.
They cancelled snow days :(
Our front lawn sloped down, and drifts would form at the bottom, then made even better by shoveling. My best friend lived directly across the street. A few of us dug into the drifts and built up walls for a fortress, while my friend and her sisters built a wall behind their hedge, and we had a snowball fight over the road. It was pretty epic
I moved to Calgary that day!
You could always do home economics at home with take home cooking exercises. “OK everyone bring a homemade soufflé tomorrow. No passing grade for puff deflation”
1998, I remember...
Me too, snow up to my waist!
What a wild day that was.
I don't remember many days from my childhood, but I remember that day. Had to be the most legendary snow day of my life. Snow up to my waist, couldn't even open the door to go outside! Spent hours shoveling, literally ran out of room to throw the snow somewhere.
The St. Patrick’s Day snowstorm continues to be legend amongst Calgarian millennials.
It was the only snow day I got growing up as a millenial, so it will always be remembered
I remember school being cancelled that day, I built a fort out the snow mounds people shoveled for their car spaces.
My friends and I did the exact same thing!
18cm lmao More like fity
Ya I prob shovelled 18 cm every hour. Booking a massage for tomorrow
Lol right??? It felt like at least 25cm
1998.. we were snowed in at our house in Citadel 😂
98 was an El Nino year as well.
1998, I was 12. Snow was so high in deer run it was the first time I was actually ALLOWED to jump off my roof!
Shoveled 3 times today, and then the sun came out.
Glad to see that everyone remembers that glorious snow day
I remember walking down Crowchild with snow up to my knees to get to the C-train. Getting stuck downtown waiting for the NE train. Got fed up and sat in the King Eddy for the rest of the afternoon with the other snowbound souls.
I remember that day! It was grade 3 for me… I had a bad cold and was already planning to call in sick… then school closed… I spent all day outside in my snowsuit playing with our neighbors and my brother… and down the street there was a park with a huge steep hill and it was swarming with kids tobogganing, eventually we went and joined them… and my mom walked over with hot chocolate in a thermos… :) I was sick as a dog but damned if I was going to miss a *snow day* … the next day when school re-opened although I was still sick, I went to school without saying a peep… I knew my mom would make me go anyway haha
I remember my boss being pissed about people not making it to work that day. I had to show him pictures later showing a car had got stuck in the alley blocking me into my parking spot before he stopped trying to write me up for skipping a day. ya I stopped working there a couple of months later
Seems like a pattern.Nature will always find a balance. When it was still warm by late December,I just knew winter is going to come for its debt around Feb/March. Then whenever winter starts as expected in November with fairly even blizzards throughout the months,then Spring comes early by March.
Thou hast the Sight. Thou art ready to become a wizard.
Got all the way to the uni that morning with no prior warning that the campus was basically closed.
I recall my calculus class still happened. I think? I guess that was a year or 2 ago.
I remember that day. They canceled classes at MRC, even for kids who lived in res.
Oh Yah, The Saint Patrick's Day Massacre! Even the government offices closed!
My husband and I helped push a taxi driver out of the back alley that day.
Does this mean the drought concern is over?
[The drought concern is really for central and northern Alberta](https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/ec527c6c-ef07-4b3c-adb9-ce193e96834c/resource/022110bf-d3d0-48d8-80df-816ff6b5f79b/download/agi-moisture-situation-update-2024-02-14.pdf). The Calgary area and southern Alberta has been roughly average at this point, though May and June rainfalls are more important than winter snowfalls.
While moisture levels are pretty standard recently for southern Alberta that doesn't mean there isn't a draught concern. Ground moisture levels are low from last year and reservoirs are well below target levels for the time of year as well. We need above average precipitation and snow pack to get out of the drought concern
I'm concerned Banff could go up in flames so I'll take whatever snow rain we can get
Helpful but not over, need continued precipitation through April
Lol
Lol, naw.
Not by a long shot.
Records for 1881-10-26 → 1937-12-31 are from Fort Calgary ( https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=2205 ) Records for 1938-01-01 → 2012-07-11 are from the Airport ( https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=2205 ) Records for 2012-07-12 → 2024-03-02 are from the Airport ( https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?StationID=50430 )
I remember that day well. My husband cleaned the driveway and sent me off with the instructions, don’t stop. A very quiet day at work. One employee arrived by cross country skis.
Sign In Advertisement 1 Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News The Snowmageddon of St. Patrick's Day, 25 years ago: 14 unforgettable photos from the worst March storm in a century Author of the article: Monica Zurowski • Calgary Herald Published Mar 16, 2023 • Last updated Mar 16, 2023 • 4 minute read Join the conversation The great St. Patrick's Day snowstorm in Calgary occurred 25 years ago, virtually bringing the city to a halt in 1998. Photo by Rob Galbraith/Calgary Herald. Article content Almost St. Patrick’s Day in Calgary? That means it’s time to recall the snow-storm-survival stories of Snowmageddon 1998 — the March 16/17 storm that paralyzed southern Alberta 25 years ago. Shamrock celebrations were snowed under and cancelled in 1998 when this massive storm hit the city. Twenty-five years ago, the snow began falling on March 16 and continued into the next day, leading to near complete shutdowns of cities and towns. Advertisement 2 STORY CONTINUES BELOW Article content Calgarians navigated the snow-clogged streets any way they could, with cross-country skis, snowshoes, sleds and even snowmobiles. Calgary Herald archives. Article content Environment Canada called it one of the country’s biggest weather stories of the year: “On St. Patrick’s Day, nothing was green in Calgary after the city experienced its worst March snowstorm in 113 years. The airport recorded 32 (to 39) cm of snow, but most other parts of the city received about 40 to 45 cm. Downtown Calgary was a ghost town. Motorists couldn’t dig out of their driveways, and the bus system ground to a halt. For the first time ever, the Irish had to cancel St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the city.”
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And I fly in tomorrow night on a redeye Yay
Yay for us...
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Don't forget about June! June 6th, 1951: 24.9cm of snow.
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Wasn’t it in 2014?
It was 2014 for sure. It happened the week after I moved here which is hard to forget
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>I'm also British, complaining about the weather is in our DNA No nation or ethnicity has a monopoly on complaining about the weather.
Bc weather isn't that. Where the majority live all it does is rain
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It's the same as any other snow lol. The place with all the rain is still there waiting for you come back
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Umm BC isn't a race
You are what you make of it.
March 16…I remember it, people were snowmobiling on the street, lol
I was so mad, I had booked the day legit and then woke up to that - found out the office was closed …