Why this recent snowfall won't fix southern Alberta drought conditions

The Calgary area was the literal and figurative ground zero for the bulk of last week’s snow. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the City of Calgary received just over 35 centimetres of snow over the four-day snowfall event from Tuesday until Saturday. These totals add to what has been an unusually snowy March in Calgary. Historically, March is the snowiest month of the year in Calgary with a 30-year average of 22.7 centimetres of snow. According to ECCC public reco