Tag: London weather
London officials urge safety with deep freeze set to feel like -21 C
London public health officials have issued the first cold weather alert of 2025 with bitter winds expected to make it feel like -21 C on Tuesday.
PHOTOS: Sledding fun on snowy day
With school buses cancelled and some schools closed following a huge dump of snow plenty of young people opted to study the laws of physics in Basil Grover Park in London on Wednesday. Photos by Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com
PHOTOS: A shovel-ready winter’s day
The London region was pounded by a snow storm that arrived Tuesday night and was expected to continue for at least 24 hours
Incoming! Snow squalls, biting cold bearing down on London region
The London area was placed under a snow squall watch Tuesday amid a winter storm that could dump up to 25 centimetres of snow on the region and plunge it into a deep freeze.Â
Goodbye snow, hello rain: Double-digit high in London forecast
Londoners should put away the snow shovels and dig out the umbrellas as above-freezing temperatures and rain are on the way. After a white Christmas, thereâs no chance of snow for the final weekend of the year, and temperatures could hit 10 C on Saturday and 9 C on Sunday, Environment Canada says. âHopefully that’s […]
Snow daze: Unpacking a wild and woolly week in London
From a surge in snowblower sales to the city asking for help uncovering bagged leaves buried under snow, this week’s big lake-effect storms impacted London and the region in different ways. Here’s a roundup of what Environment Canada had to say about snow squalls that started Monday and returned a couple more times and how […]
READER PHOTOS: So much snow in London
Readers submitted their photos of the snowstorm that hit London this week, blanketing the city in white and delivering an early glimpse of the winter that lies ahead.
PHOTOS: Digging out from early December snow dump
Tuesday was the second day of a wintry wallop that’s ushered in December with a blast of snow in the London region. It’s not going to get any better on Wednesday when Environment Canada says winds gusting up to 70 kilometres an hour will cause reduced visibility because of blowing snow. Photos by Derek Ruttan […]
PHOTOS: North London takes it on the chin from squalls
The north end of London was blanketed in snow on Monday but only a few kilometres away, there was barely any white stuff, showing how narrow the fingers of lake-effect snow can be. City officials said northeast London was hit the hardest by squalls that started early Monday. Photos by Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com
What is lake-effect snow, and why does it slam the London region so often?
Londoners know it when they see it, lake-effect snow closing in and blanketing the region.