{"id":674150,"date":"2026-05-16T20:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/674150\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:46:11","slug":"parts-of-calgary-hit-with-may-long-snowstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/674150\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of Calgary hit with May-long snowstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of Calgary have been hit with several centimetres of snow as Environment Canada says it will continue late Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>CityNews Meteorologist Kevin Stanfield said around 15 centimetres is possible in the city during the May long weekend, though he adds it could wrap up by the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the city of Calgary\u2019s temperatures largely hovering near the freezing mark, that\u2019s cold enough to support light snowfall, and that has been the case across large swaths of the city,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we are limited in our accumulation thanks to warm ground temperatures, thanks to yesterday\u2019s (Friday) heat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A special weather statement says snow will continue Saturday and taper off late into the day for some parts of the city. However, it is expected to continue into Sunday in the Crowsnest area.<\/p>\n<p>The notice says motorists should prepare for rapidly changing and deteriorating road conditions and reduced visibility in heavy snow.<\/p>\n<p>While snowfall during this time of year is not unusual for Alberta, the ECCC is calling this weekend\u2019s event significant, especially for areas west of Calgary, which is under a snowfall warning and could see 10 or more centimetres of snow.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778182273_786_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parts of Calgary have been hit with several centimetres of snow as Environment Canada says it will continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-674150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674150","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=674150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}