How would you rate the weather/climate of Calgary, Canada? (cities, world)

[jp03]

Originally Posted by Thepastpresentandfuture

Are you serious?

I would much rather deal with lots of warm/hot weather than deal with Calgary's weather. Also many places that get warm/hot weather have morning temperatures in the 60s and 70s and not 80+ like you say.

Most people like warm/hot weather more than cold and freezing weather.

I am shocked by how many people voted in the A and B category. But still more people that voted C, D, and F than the A's and B's. Well C is ok ..it means yo dont love it, dont hate it. I voted c...only becuase I'd like a little linger summer and a little more snow in winter.

Ahhh..the old MOST people..who are these people?

And the reason for the A B's is because there are more cool weather lovers than you seem to think. .

[Thepastpresentandfuture]

Originally Posted by jp03

Ahhh..the old MOST people..who are these people?

And the reason for the A B's is because there are more cool weather lovers than you seem to think. .

There are still more warm weather lovers than cold weather lovers.

Also you accidentally put a part of your post into my post that you quoted with this sentence:

Well C is ok ..it means yo dont love it, dont hate it. I voted c...only becuase I'd like a little linger summer and a little more snow in winter.

I didn't have that in my post.

Originally Posted by Thepastpresentandfuture

Are you serious?

I would much rather deal with lots of warm/hot weather than deal with Calgary's weather. Also many places that get warm/hot weather have morning temperatures in the 60s and 70s and not 80+ like you say.

Most people like warm/hot weather more than cold and freezing weather.

I am shocked by how many people voted in the A and B category. But still more people that voted C, D, and F than the A's and B's.

[f1000]

Originally Posted by Thepastpresentandfuture

I disagree. It is better to base size based on city limits first and then metro size may be a partial consideration after that.

In terms of city limits, Calgary has 1 million while Vancouver has 600,000.

With that line of thinking, you would consider San Antonio "bigger" than Dallas, & Jacksonville "bigger" than Miami.
So everybody else must be wrong then

[Thepastpresentandfuture]

Originally Posted by f1000

With that line of thinking, you would consider San Antonio "bigger" than Dallas, & Jacksonville "bigger" than Miami.
So everybody else must be wrong then

No, you are the one that are making it sound like anybody else is wrong if they don't have the same opinion you do about that.

I never said that Calgary seems bigger than Vancouver. Vancouver seems bigger than Calgary.

What I said was that Calgary has a higher population in city limits than Vancouver( 1 million vs. 600,000) and that was very surprising to me. That means Calgary is the third biggest city in Canada based on that and Vancouver is 4th based on population of city limits.

Also, Dallas does seem bigger than San Antonio, and Miami bigger than Jacksonville but San Antonio technically has a larger population in its city limits than Dallas and Jacksonville more people in its city limits than Miami.

So objectively, based on the population of the city limits, Calgary is bigger than Vancouver, San Antonio bigger than Dallas, and Jacksonville bigger than Miami.

But subjectively, of course Vancouver seems bigger than Calgary, Dallas bigger than San Antonio, and Miami bigger than Jacksonville. I never denied this, so don't put words in my mouth.

[Thepastpresentandfuture]

I said before that I gave Calgary a D-. But I regret it.

I should have given it an F+.

[dxiweodwo]

B+, the chinooks bring it down from A territory to b+

[ColdCanadian]

Chinooks and sunshine totals are what keeps it from F-.

Summer isn't even summerlike usually, but more like my idea of a blandish Spring season.
Spring/Autumn is for me a severe winter with a few moments of comfort.
Winter is almost completely insane.

[Thepastpresentandfuture]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Chinooks and sunshine totals are what keeps it from F-.

Summer isn't even summerlike usually, but more like my idea of a blandish Spring season.
Spring/Autumn is for me a severe winter with a few moments of comfort.
Winter is almost completely insane.

When you say that saved it from getting an F- do you mean you gave it an F+ instead?

I originally gave this a D- but I decided I view it as an F+ instead.
It is for all of those reasons you mentioned.

I just checked Calgary's 10 Day Weather Forecast for Calgary, Canada - weather.com and it shows June 7th as well as June 8th will have a high around 55 degrees and lows in the low 40s(41 to 43) with clouds, rain, and wind.

It also seems like Calgary's annual sunshine hours for what a lot of websites show is an overstatement. It seems to get much less than that for its annual sunshine. The 10 day forecast shows a 9 day in a row period with cloudy overcast skies and rain.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by Thepastpresentandfuture

When you say that saved it from getting an F- do you mean you gave it an F+ instead?

I originally gave this a D- but I decided I view it as an F+ instead.
It is for all of those reasons you mentioned.

I just checked Calgary's 10 Day Weather Forecast for Calgary, Canada - weather.com and it shows June 7th as well as June 8th will have a high around 55 degrees and lows in the low 40s(41 to 43) with clouds, rain, and wind.

It also seems like Calgary's annual sunshine hours for what a lot of websites show is an overstatement. It seems to get much less than that for its annual sunshine. The 10 day forecast shows a 9 day in a row period with cloudy overcast skies and rain.

I would give anywhere in the southern Prairies an F, not F+, though climates like Medicine Hat seem a fair improvement.
F+ I reserve for balmy, lake-moderated and more southerly southern Ontario.

Time of year? Most of their precip falls in summer.
Many days in Autumn and winter are partly-sunny to sunny for the entire 5-day forecast.

I was in Calgary airport in mid-August (early autumnish for the Prairies ) maybe 11am or 1pm?
Temperature outside was 9 C or 48 F, overcast and all the ground crew were wearing heavy coats.

This is one of the reasons I rate it below southern Ontario.
Mid-August we also have a slight cooldown, but the difference is more subtle
and the day-to-day variation is much less as well...
In Toronto say highs from 70-78 F if its sunny are typical in late August,
while in Alberta highs from 61-75 F are probably typical with sunshine in late August.

[Thepastpresentandfuture]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

I would give anywhere in the southern Prairies an F, not F+, though climates like Medicine Hat seem a fair improvement.
F+ I reserve for balmy, lake-moderated and more southerly southern Ontario.

Time of year? Most of their precip falls in summer.
Many days in Autumn and winter are partly-sunny to sunny for the entire 5-day forecast.

I was in Calgary airport in mid-August (early autumnish for the Prairies ) maybe 11am or 1pm?
Temperature outside was 9 C or 48 F, overcast and all the ground crew were wearing heavy coats.

This is one of the reasons I rate it below southern Ontario.
Mid-August we also have a slight cooldown, but the difference is more subtle
and the day-to-day variation is much less as well...
In Toronto say highs from 70-78 F if its sunny are typical in late August,
while in Alberta highs from 61-75 F are probably typical with sunshine in late August.

Well, it still seems like you agreed with most of the things I said about Calgary weather climate. I also agree with you.

Oh, so you gave Calgary an F instead of an F+ or F-.

I give different grades for different areas of Canada.

The one that gets the best grade for me is Toronto, Southern Ontario, and Vancouver which all get a C.
Montreal gets a D+. Ottawa a D. Quebec City a D-. Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Regina a F+. Edmonton an F+. Calgary an F+.

But this is talking only about their weather climates. I like Canada, and I like the cities of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. I also like the nature areas of British Columbia, and Alberta. I just am not a fan of their weather climates.

Yes, most of Calgary's precipitation falls in summer but it seems like it is vulnerable to extended cloudy overcast weather anytime of the year including the other seasons. I have seen its weather forecasts for some other time periods that dealt with plenty of clouds and overcast. And right now, it is June and the weather forecasts shows 9 days in a row of clouds/rain.

Website sources says Calgary gets an average annual sunshine of 2,400 but that seems like an overstatement. It seems to get more around the 1,600 to 1,800 range.

Wow, which mid August year did you visit Calgary when you encountered the 48 degrees at 11 pm or 1 pm, cloudy and overcast and people wearing heavy coats outside. Did you find that a bit depressing? It seems like it happens in Calgary every summer with some days like that.

That is depressing to me that Calgary is vulnerable to cold even in June, July, August, and September.

For Calgary, July and August average highs in the low 70s with average lows in the upper 40s. June average highs in the upper 60s with lows in the mid 40s. September average highs the low 60s with average lows in the upper 30s...

Also, July has a record low there around 30, August 26, June 26, and September 8 degrees. Wow winter like cold even in their "summer" and warmest months.

And Calgary usually gets snow from September all the way to May, so 9 months where it gets snow.

Yet, 1 million people live in Calgary the arctic tundra, it is a thriving city, and is one of the fastest growing cities in Canada.