Windsor’s weather rollercoaster continues with temperature plummet on Wednesday

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Did you enjoy the almost summer-like conditions in Windsor-Essex last weekend?

Don’t put away your jackets and scarves just yet. Environment Canada’s weather observers are predicting a return to single-digit temperatures for our region on Wednesday.

As of Monday, the temperature low predicted for Windsor-Essex on Wednesday, April 27, is -1 C.

That’s a staggering 28-degree difference from the 27.3 C high that we enjoyed on Sunday.

There’s even a 30 per cent chance of snow flurries on Wednesday, with the predicted temperature high only reaching 6 C.

The rest of the week doesn’t seem much better. There’s a high chance of rain on Tuesday, possibly turning into snow by the evening, and nighttime lows throughout the week are expected to hover around 0 C.

As dramatic as this spring’s turns have been, Windsor-Essex has seen table-turning weather extremes during April before.

The coldest April 27 in Windsor-Essex records was in 1971, when thermometers sank to -1.7 C.

The hottest April 27 in Windsor-Essex records was in 2009, when outside air temperatures climbed to a tropical 29.3 C.

April 27 in Windsor-Essex has been seriously wet (31.2 millimetres of rain fell here on that date in 1966) — but it has never been particularly snowy. The snowiest April 27 in Windsor-Essex history only saw 0.2 centimeters of snow (in 2004).

The average high this time of year in our region is 16.2°C, while the average low is 5.3 C.


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