I've heard somewhere that Edmonton gets almost the most sunshine per year out of anywhere on the planet.
And that we get the equivalent amount of precipation in snowfall+rain as Vancouver gets in the average year.
Is it true? Who knows... but these stats might help! (I was shocked to find out that 1 in 6 days we have windchill of -20 or colder, and 2 out of 3 days we have no precipitation at all (neither rain nor snow). About 1 day in 7 we have snowfall, but our day with the highest "Humidex" still resulted in only feelign a like a way-less-hot-than-Arizona/NewMexico 38 degrees. Our hottest day in history was only 35Celsius... and the coldest day *ever* (both with windchill and without) was almost exactly one year before I was born :o
painfully long URL (http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALTA&StationName=&SearchType=&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=1865&)
* starts timer to see how long before Melbosa finds the equivalent page for Winterpeg ;) *