Alberta has most comfortable climate, not BC: Enviro Cdn

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – We are used to the superlatives here in Vancouver, with the West Coast topping so many global “best of” lists.  But there is one list we don’t top, not even among the provinces, and it has to do with climate.

Environment Canada says Albertans are the luckiest people in Canada when it comes to the weather. Sure it’s cold and snowy (and it’s Alberta) but the sheer amount of sunshine beats BC by a mile. We are third on the list, trailing Saskatchewan.

BC produces a lot of rain but maybe government climatologists have been smoking our second most prolific product because, as everyone that lives on the West Coast knows, you don’t have to shovel rain in the winter.

Ian “Cowboy” Campbell at 660News in Calgary, a sister station of News1130, shovels something else when we asked him about his province’s strange ranking.

“I don’t know what you mean about strange,” he laughs. “We have a lot of a sunshine, it’s certainly our claim to fame and it’s something Vancouver can’t really brag about. I’m surprised you guys don’t need boats to get from place to place like you see in Venice.”

Campbell says Calgary does have a spectacular weather phenomenon to counterbalance the extreme cold.

“You forget the seven best letters in the English dictionary; C-H-I-N-O-O-K,” he chuckles. “It warms us up and we still get to play in the mountains. You guys rain so much I’m surprised you even ranked number three.”

His advice for surviving an Alberta winter? “Wear lots of long-johns and maybe enjoy a few adult soda pops here and there. That’s the best part of being a Canadian no matter where you are, I would say.”

Environment Canada looked at factors like sunshine, precipitation, humidity and temperature and ranked Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC the top three provinces. Quebec was ranked the least comfortable climate in Canada behind Nunavut and Newfoundland and Labrador.

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