Temperatures
In recent years our average high on February 14th has been -3°C, and the average low -11°C.
Last year's Low was pretty chilly at -18.1°C, but the High was up at 2.8°C. And 2017 was almost record-breaking, with a High of 10.3°C and a Low of -1.4°C.
Right now the record temperatures for Valentine's Day were all set a long time ago. The warmest High was 10.6°C back in 1907, and the warmest Low was 2.8°C in 1913. The coldest High was -40.6°C in 1904, and the coldest High was -30°C in 1936.
This Valentine's Day will probably not be warm. We haven't had a super-cold Valentine's Day in a long time though - 2007 was chilly with a low of -22.4°C, but a reasonably nice high of -7.4°C. For a true deepfreeze you have to go all the way back to 1979 with a high of -24.1°C and a low of -35.1°C.
Precipitation
In recent years the most notable Valentine's Day precipitation was 2015 with 7.4mm of Rain.
Typically though, Valentine's Day precipitation comes in the form of snow. Blatchford's snowiest Valentine's Day was 1921 with 19.1cm of snow, but in recent decades the snowiest days have been around 2cm.
Snow on the Ground
The average snowdepth at the Airport for this time of year is about 20cm. Last year it was a little high at 25cm, and in 2017 & 2018 it was a little low at around 12cm. This year we are on the high side again at 33cm.
Updated for 2019
If you had guessed that this was going to be a cold Valentine's Day, you were right! It was the coldest one since 1979. And in 2019 there wasn't any precipitation.
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