Stampede scorcher: temperatures to soar above 30 as festival kicks off
CALGARY — It’s going to be a scorcher of a Stampede.
Temperatures are expected to soar above 30 C on Friday, when Calgary kicks off its annual 10-day celebration of all things cowboy, and hover there throughout the weekend.
David Phillips, a senior climatologist at Environment Canada, said it’s looking like the hot, sunny weather will stick around for the duration of the event and there could very well be no rain the whole time.
It’s a stark contrast to last year’s Stampede, when it rained all but one day and the city got five times more precipitation than usual.