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Spring and autumn are both short and highly variable. Edmonton's growing season is from May 9 to September 22; [4] [11] Edmonton averages 135–140 frost-free days a year. [4] [12] At the summer solstice, Edmonton receives 17 hours and three minutes of daylight, with an hour and 46 minutes of civil twilight. [13]
Places in Pacific Time that have not observed DST since the database cut-off date (1970) 6446092 on OpenStreetMap: CA +5546−12014 America/Dawson_Creek MST - BC (Dawson Cr, Ft St John) −07:00: −07:00: Places in Mountain Time that stopped using DST in 1973 6483979 on OpenStreetMap: CA +5848−12242 America/Fort_Nelson MST - BC (Ft Nelson ...
The Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) is the city's public transit agency, operating the Edmonton Light Rail Transit (LRT) network as well as a fleet of buses. [316] In 2017, ETS served approximately 86,997,466 people; the bus system saw 62,377,183 riders, while the LRT network served 24,620,283 passengers. [317]
Fewer than 5% of tornadoes in Canada are rated F3 or higher in intensity, where wind speeds are in excess of 225 km/h (140 mph). Prior to April 1, 2013, Canada used a slightly modified Fujita scale , and as of that date the Enhanced Fujita scale , again slightly modified, was put into use to rate tornado intensity, based on the damage to ...
light-second 1 light-second 299 792 458 m: 2.998 × 10 5 km: 1.863 × 10 5 miles: Average distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 1.282 light-seconds light-minute 60 light-seconds = 1 light-minute 17 987 547 480 m: 1.799 × 10 7 km: 1.118 × 10 7 miles: Average distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8.317 light-minutes light-hour 60 light ...
One billionth of one second 1 ns: The time needed to execute one machine cycle by a 1 GHz microprocessor 1 ns: The time light takes to travel 30 cm (11.811 in) 10 −6: microsecond: μs One millionth of one second 1 μs: The time needed to execute one machine cycle by an Intel 80186 microprocessor 2.2 μs: The lifetime of a muon
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
On February 5, Edmonton recorded a temperature of −32.3 °C (−26.1 °F) and a wind chill of −37 °C (−35 °F), [16] as a result of the "polar vortex" making its way west. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Extreme cold carried into March, with temperatures hitting −31.2 °C (−24.2 °F) in Calgary on the second, [ 19 ] and −38.6 °C (−37.5 °F) in ...