{"id":485813,"date":"2026-02-19T18:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485813\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:02:11","slug":"edmonton-forecast-is-fantastic-with-a-27-degree-temperature-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/485813\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton forecast is fantastic with a 27-degree temperature swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Alberta quivers under <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/edmonton\/alberta-town-coldest-places-earth-today-weather-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">some extreme cold<\/a> this week, the forecast for Edmonton is hinting at a nice change in temperatures soon.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton, like much of Alberta, is currently under a cold warning, with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) stating that a period of very cold wind chills near or below minus 40 continues.<\/p>\n<p>Wind chills of minus 40 are occurring this morning and will return tonight for many regions in Alberta. Wind chills will moderate on Friday afternoon for much of the province.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the seven-day forecast, Edmonton is set to reach a sunny high of -17\u00b0C today, with an overnight low of -26\u00b0C. Temperatures remain frigid as we roll through to the weekend, with Friday seeing a high of -13\u00b0C, -16\u00b0C on Saturday, and -15\u00b0C on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The warmer temperatures really ramp up as we wiggle through the start of next week, with Monday, Feb. 16, showing a high of -12\u00b0C and a low of -16\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Edmonton is forecast to reach a high of -4\u00b0C, while reaching -10\u00b0C overnight. Wednesday, Feb. 25, isn\u2019t looking even better, with a high of 1\u00b0C. After what we have been experiencing this week, a temperature above zero is sure to feel great.<\/p>\n<p>When you do the math between today\u2019s evening low and the high on Wednesday, it\u2019s a temperature change of 27 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"edmonton forecast \" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2262\" height=\"682\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-2245335 size-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-19-at-9.02.18-AM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2245335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Environment and Climate Change Canada<\/p>\n<p>If you were curious about how the averages for this time of year shake out for YEG, <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=53.536,-113.494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to ECCC<\/a>, the average high for Edmonton around this time of year is -2\u00b0C, while the average low is -12\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking forward to how the extended forecast is shaping up for Edmonton? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Alberta quivers under some extreme cold this week, the forecast for Edmonton is hinting at a nice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-485813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}