Edmonton weather: Heat warning lifted, chance of late afternoon thunderstorms

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A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.

The heat warning has been lifted as we head into a cooler weekend. This morning we will have sunny skies with increased cloud cover as the day goes by. Cross your fingers we get a thunderstorm, not the kind of storm that causes flooding and hail damage, just the kind of storm where it’s fun to watch and we get a nice refreshing rain with a bit of a cool down in the temperature.

The weather this weekend will still be quite nice just not quite as warm. Temperatures in the high teens and low twenties are in the forecast with sunny skies throughout the weekend. A slight chance of showers on Saturday.

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Today’s forecast

Today: Sunny early this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of showers this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. High 25. UV index 8 or very high.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers early this evening with risk of a thunderstorm. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light near midnight. Low 12.

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Tomorrow: A mix of sun and cloud. 30 percent chance of showers late in the morning and in the afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High 19.

Sunrise: 5:09 a.m. MDT

Sunset: 9:56 p.m. MDT

Normals

Average High: 20 °C

Average Low: 9 °C

Yesterday

Max: 27.4 °C

Min: 16.1 °C

Total Precipitation: 0.0 mm

On This Day (1996-2019)

Highest temperature: 27.3°C in 2007

Lowest temperature: 1.6°C in 2011

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