Edmonton weather for Jan. 13: Warm spell continues [Video]

We’re in the midst of a big warm-up that has daytime highs above 0 C for the past six days and it looks like we’ll get four more days of warmth before some cold air slams back in.

Daytime highs near 5 C are expected for today, Tuesday and Wednesday in the city and a degree or two above 0 C again Thursday.

That’s (obviously) WELL above average for mid-January. The long-term average high for this time of year is around -6 C.

BUT…it’s not at all unusual to get one or more warm spells like this in January. In fact, it happens almost every year.

Days above 0 C in January (past 10 years):

• 2024: 8 days
• 2023: 9 days
• 2022: 17 days
• 2021: 17 days
• 2020: 13 days
• 2019: 13 days
• 2018: 10 days
• 2017: 12 days
• 2016: 10 days
• 2015: 15 days

On average, we’re seeing MORE above-0 C January days, but even back in the 60s and 70s we would get …