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The 14 day weather forecast from the weather network has gotten markedly more reliable over the last few years, so I trust it generally...

A big part of that are the new cultivars that are bred for the prairies. It's become increasingly common to see new types of zone 3...

Some pretty interesting maps in this paper for those interested, but we seem to have higher urban heat island effect in the core...

Me too. I was up in the outer parts of the northwest yesterday and the leaves on trees are further along than they are in the inner city.

I would think it heats both. Sun shining on a wall will radiate heat outward towards plants and sun shining on the sidewalks and roads...

Another interesting thing to make note of, is those temperatures that they’ve been recording are on the fringes of the city by the...

There’s definitely some kind of heat island effect for Calgary. Innercity neighborhoods, always get flowers and greenery sooner than the...

Same here lol. I've even had tomato plants grow from seed in the alley. The ones that have seeded in the garden have grown fruit...

My most noticeable change is I have tomatoes that now self seed in a corner of my yard and are able to germinate, flower, and fruit...

I think Chinooks are more a problem in early spring. I'm pretty sure dormancy is regulated by sunlight so they wouldn't wake up during...

The growing season is noticeably longer for sure, wonder if it means we will be able to grow more varieties of trees here. One factor...

I always tell people that for 90% of winter, we range between 10 and -10, with the occasional dip into the -20s or 30s. Weather here is...

The streak is over, we fell to -0.9 at 8 am. Record 159 days. I wonder what our record for days above biological zero (5°) is? 🤔

I lived in Victoria, I moved back because of the winters there. I missed winter activities and the sun.

I grew up in Ottawa and was really surprised by the extremely mild winter when I moved here (to be fair, the year we moved here happened...