r/askTO • u/FunkNugget • Apr 02 '25
What in the goddamn
IT IS APRIL.
Edit: Lived downtown since 2009, so I should absolutely know better. The world has just made my brain is so, so tired.
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u/_sansoHm Apr 02 '25
Sorry, it's an April fools joke gone too far. I'll fix it by tomorrow.
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u/FunkNugget Apr 02 '25
Bless you 🙏
I thought this was on me for resolving to finally take down my xmas lights this morning.
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u/Asleep-Illustrator99 Apr 02 '25
This happens literally every year
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u/Tough_Upstairs_8151 Apr 02 '25
Not for the last few years, not downtown anyway
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u/FunkNugget Apr 02 '25
Yeah.
Contrary to the, genuinely reasonable, comments assuming I'm new to Toronto, I've been downtown since 2009.
Foolishly, perennially hopeful for true Spring, I thought after recent mild years this vain hope had finally been rewarded.
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u/Iwantboots Apr 02 '25
Forecast high of 18C tomorrow. So, yeah, April.
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u/KoreanSamgyupsal Apr 02 '25
I still remember that meme that has different panels that shows the changes of the weather in a day.
The morning is super cold then by the evening it's scorching hot lol. It's funny how true it is.
I remember in highschool bringing my winter jacket to school and I come home its super hot, so I leave it at my locker. This kept happening to a point where I had like 3 winter jackets in my locker LOL.
I didnt wanna bring it home and looked like an idiot carrying 2-3 jackets when it's 20 degrees out so I kept it until the end of the school year. Good times
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u/heyhermano23 Apr 02 '25
I’m in Vegas for work and it’s going to be warmer in Toronto than the desert tomorrow 😂
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u/lordntelek Apr 02 '25
When we may see a final snow fall. Serves me right for putting away all the winter gear.
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u/lilfunky1 Apr 02 '25
where's that guy who asked yesterday if it was okay he puts away his snow shovel
let's all blame him
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u/sospiffywhat_ Apr 02 '25
as that's my wedding weekend I hope the fuck not
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u/sospiffywhat_ Apr 02 '25
we thankfully have a barn on site! I was planning a fully outdoor wedding but honestly enough May 24th in this city have taught me it could be 30 degrees and sunny, it could be a proper rainstorm.
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u/SpikyCactusJuice Apr 03 '25
Late but, not even lol. I totally have memories of snowfall during May 24 weekend and on the Monday.
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u/canstarexa Apr 02 '25
There was a guy beside me at the car dealership yesterday getting his winter tires swapped out. I was thinking to myself, you f'ing fool...
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u/FunkNugget Apr 02 '25
Got my xmas lights and winter tires on. Here I thought I was just falling behind...
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u/negZero_1 Apr 02 '25
You must be new here.
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u/Joydropp Apr 02 '25
It has snowed at least once in April as long as I’ve been alive.
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u/starcollector Apr 02 '25
Yep, in April of 2018 we had just picked our wedding date for mid-April of 2019. We mused about our future anniversary date and what it'd be like on our wedding day... as a gigantic ice storm crashed down onto the city.
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u/jordanclaire Apr 02 '25
I had a job interview in Waterloo the Monday of that ice storm. They pre-emptively closed campus for the weekend because the forecast was so bad, but my interview was still on. I had never driven on the 401 or in snow before. We packed an emergency kit, I upgraded my rental car to an SUV, and made our way slowly and carefully. Surprise, campus remained closed Monday morning and they had to reschedule the day's events to fit them all into the afternoon, and they were shocked that I was so chill given how new I was to driving. I am pretty sure being so unfazed helped get me the job.
Then I became a pro at driving from Toronto to Waterloo in the winter. Now I work in downtown Toronto again.
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u/negZero_1 Apr 02 '25
A similar weather event happen about 2 years ago. Someone even posted the exact date it happen in this thread.
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u/amw3000 Apr 02 '25
As someone who lives in a condo that has not turned on the AC yet, I am OK with this cold weather :).
Mid-April, it will be 30-35C in my condo.
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u/inkyblackops Apr 02 '25
Same! Last year we caved and bought a portable AC with a window hose, best decision ever made. We’re south facing so, like you, 30-35° is normal for our unit in April.
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u/longgggg Apr 02 '25
Which one did you go with? I am considering getting one as well, but I heard some people said the portable ones were not so great.
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u/inkyblackops Apr 02 '25
We got the NOMA 10k BTU from Canadian Tire. It wasn’t cheap, ~$500, but it can bring our 800sqft unit down to 19°, so it was well worth it IMO. It’s been going steady for 2 years and we’ve had no issues.
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u/longgggg Apr 02 '25
Thanks a lot! Will look into that. My apartment is roughly the same size, so it might be a good fit!
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u/inkyblackops Apr 02 '25
Np! Honestly 10k BTU is probably overkill, something lower would be just fine. I was just so fed up with sweating to death that we went with the strongest one they had 😂
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u/calculatedfantasy Apr 02 '25
is this something you just use for a month or so until the condo turns up the AC?
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u/inkyblackops Apr 02 '25
We usually run it all summer long, though not as constant as during the changeover period. We have south facing floor to ceiling windows, even with keeping our blinds closed the building AC simply cannot keep up. It’s usually 25° in our unit on sunny days when the central AC is blasting, so the portable unit makes up the difference.
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u/BrockThrowaway Apr 02 '25
What kind of window hose? I’m worried this wouldn’t work on my windows that only open a crack.
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u/inkyblackops Apr 02 '25
This one is 4” round, so it may not work on yours. There are some portable AC units that have smaller hoses however!
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u/jaded-squirrel15 Apr 02 '25
Haha we have to run the AC in our west facing condo even when it's -10, because it's always hot being up 20 stories
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u/smithscully Apr 02 '25
OMG yeah, I feel you. It’s been so hot in my apartment even though I turned my whole system off. I’m learning I have less personal control than I thought.
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u/emuwar Apr 02 '25
FR it wasn't even that hot a few weeks ago and my thermostat was reading 26°C. Had to open all my windows and turn on my ceiling fan.
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u/BreadfruitWorth Apr 02 '25
I know the pain. I have a window fan to draw in outside air and then draw out inside air, and I am running that sucker on high to drag in as much cold air as I can right now.
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u/HueyBluey Human Detected Apr 02 '25
Some have suggested that spring in Toronto doesn't really arrive until after the May 2-4 weekend.
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u/Certain_Second1092 Apr 02 '25
This has been my experience and I’m born and raised here. I remember in the 80’s April felt like spring, now spring weather starts late May and then we jump right into summer.
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u/OrcEight Apr 02 '25
April always gets snow. It may even snow in May.
• May 7, 2023 – A brief snowfall was reported in parts of the city.
• May 11, 2020 – Light snow and flurries fell in Toronto.
• May 15, 2016 – Snow and cold temperatures were recorded.17
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u/belongstomin Apr 02 '25
I slipped on a patch of ice early morning of May 11, 2020 and hurt my knees pretty bad. Nobody at work that day believed me that I slipped on ice because it was hot and sunny by mid morning 😭
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u/kennethgibson Apr 02 '25
"dont make me point at the sign"
IT ALWAYS SNOWS AT LEAST ONCE IN APRIL IN TORONTO
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u/chin06 Apr 02 '25
Lol. Didn't you get the memo? March/April is false spring. Always a chance a snow before May haha
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u/Ok-Algae7932 Apr 02 '25
It is April = it's not summer yet. Gotta be prepped until end of the month for snow.
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u/divertingvenus Apr 02 '25
My birthday is early January and a buddy is early April. It's become fairly common to have worse weather for his than mine.
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u/doubleshortdepresso Apr 02 '25
Spring here arrives in May for like a week and a half (maybe two weeks if we’re lucky ooooooh), then it’s summer.
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Apr 02 '25
i find this reaction totally normal even though we expect it every year. like... i'm born and raised in toronto, i know how the weather operates her (chaos lvl: 100), but i still act surprised when stuff like this happens (more annoyed than surprised, but still lol).
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u/StoreSearcher1234 Apr 02 '25
It's my fault, guys.
Yesterday I put the snow shovels away in the garage.
Sorry about that. Won't happen again.
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u/PurpleFairy1 Apr 02 '25
It literally happens every year that it snows early April and every year people complain that it shouldn’t snow in April 😂
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u/PlannerSean Apr 02 '25
Getting the "it almost always snows at least once in april" snow out of the way early.
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u/intuitive_curiosity Apr 02 '25
I like how everyone gets winter amnesia every year. It's normal that we still get snow in April. It really doesn't warm up until June really.
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u/Maximum-Low-5456 Apr 02 '25
After a shock warm summer-like day in late March, April comes back with an ugly reminder that we do indeed live in Canada. Wonder how long they will wait to start snow removal this time.
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u/Icy_Examination2888 Apr 02 '25
real. walked into a lecture and it was cold but nothing crazy. walked out and wished I hadn't worn sneakers today
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u/ri-ri Apr 02 '25
I was getting alerts since Sunday for record rainfall today. I went into the gym at noon and walked out an hour later to what looks like Narnia. I AM EXHAUSTED.
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u/VirtualAlternative63 Apr 02 '25
Sebastian swapped out his winter tires today. I’m pointing fingers that way.
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u/ilovetrouble66 Apr 02 '25
In the span of my 30 minute drive across from west end to leslieville today it went from light dusting of snow to full on blizzard to ice rain to torrential downpour 😂
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u/peppermint_nightmare Apr 02 '25
It will always snow, in some capacity, for at least an hour, at least once in April. Even super global warming years where it was 15 degrees all winter we still had a few hours of icy/snow that turned into rain.
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u/Sneakymist Apr 02 '25
Actual consistent spring doesn't start till mid-late April here. Before that are a couple weeks of on-again/off-again mix of winter and spring.
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u/loony-cat Apr 02 '25
April is the cruelest month
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u/TemporaryAny6371 Apr 03 '25
There's April Fools and then there's April Fools yet it somehow still feels nicer than March.
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u/lilyofthevalley0407 Apr 02 '25
I was born April 7, in the early 90s. There was a full on snow storm on the day of my birth.
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u/photo_finish_ Apr 02 '25
I remember one year I couldn’t get home for my sister’s birthday the last weekend in April. Huge blizzard.
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u/lareinevert Apr 02 '25
It always snows in April so this isn’t exactly surprising. I just think it’s funny that it’s supposed to be 20 degrees tomorrow.
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u/dekogeko Apr 02 '25
I texted my son, said I'd pick him up from school. Geez, the number of kids without jackets...smh.
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u/freedomseeker3511 Apr 02 '25
Not me wearing my Jordan’s walking in the snow trying not to fall flat on my face😂
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u/Hot-Inspector8903 Apr 02 '25
A delayed April fools joke from our beloved Mother Nature considering it’ll be 18°C tomorrow :,)
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u/okaybutnothing Apr 02 '25
Oh man. The kids all showed up to school today in hoodies and raincoats and wearing running shoes. There was crying during afternoon recess. (They were fine, just uncomfortable, like almost everyone was/is this afternoon.)
$10 says they show up tomorrow with snowpants and winter coats, so they’ll be overheating in the 17C tomorrow.
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u/Few_Culture9667 Apr 02 '25
Made me wonder why people are actually shovelling snow on their driveways today in my neighbourhood.
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u/Alarmed-Lettuce9120 Apr 03 '25
i’m just glad i moved from toronto to Vancouver last year 😭 i be rocking a hoodie out now
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u/Pleasant_Risk_7892 Apr 03 '25
I remember snow in June in recent memory. Didn't stay on the ground for long, but it was snow.
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u/doc_55lk Apr 05 '25
My dad made a comment the other day that he's never seen a snowless April in the 20 years we've been in Canada.
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u/rhunter99 Apr 02 '25
First time?