Josh Classen’s forecast: Deep freeze stays parked over us until Thursday

The sky lightens over downtown Edmonton and the North Saskatchewan River valley as the sun rises on Jan. 22, 2025. (Cam Wiebe / CTV News Edmonton)

Cold, cloudy and a few occasional flurries in the Edmonton region through the day today.

We’ll get to a high of -22 C or -23 C and, like yesterday, the wind shouldn’t be much of a factor.

We’re expecting a wind speed around 5 km/h...MAYBE as strong as 10 km/h at times.

Wind becomes a bit more of a factor Wednesday afternoon. It could get up into the 15-20 km/h range...and we’ll still be stuck in the cold air on Wednesday.

I think we’ll get to around -20 C in the afternoon, but it’ll probably FEEL closer to -30 with the wind.

Temperatures start climbing Wednesday night and we’ll be in the -15 C range by Thursday morning and up close to -10 C in the afternoon Thursday.

But...that’s about as warm as it’s going between now and the middle of the month.

Daytime highs are forecast to hover in the -11 C to -16 C from Friday of this week...right through to Friday of next week (Feb 14).

The long-term average highs for that time frame are in the -3 C to -5 C range. So, although this cold spell isn’t RARE for February, we’re definitely WELL below the seasonal averages.

Here’s the forecast for Edmonton and area:

Today - Cloudy with occasional flurries/light snow.

Light wind: 5-10 km/h

High: -23

Tonight - Cloudy. 30% chance of flurries.

9pm: -24

Wednesday - Mostly cloudy. Becoming breezy in the afternoon.

Morning Low: -25

Afternoon High: -20

Temperature rising overnight.

60% chance of flurries & breezy overnight.

Thursday - Chance of flurries in the morning. Otherwise, Mostly cloudy.

Morning: -16

Afternoon High: -12

Friday - Mostly cloudy.

Morning Low: -18

Afternoon High: -13

Saturday - Partly cloudy.

Morning Low: -17

Afternoon High: -12

Sunday - Partly cloudy.

Morning Low: -21

Afternoon High: -16