Alderson, Alberta Weather

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About Alderson, Alberta

Alderson is a locality in 20-15-10-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Alderson is located at 50.2831°N, 111.3453°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T1R.

Alderson sits exposed upon the vast, open plains of Alberta, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a sky that dwarfs the earth below. It lies 50.1 km south-east of Brooks, AB (from Brooks, AB: bearing 129°T), and is situated 14.9 km west-north-west of Suffield. The land here carries a quiet, arid austerity, defined by the low elevation of the Outer Rainy Hill that rises slightly above the surrounding expanse. During the golden hour, the light turns brittle and pale, casting long, sharp shadows across the dry grasses that shiver in the constant wind. While the South Saskatchewan River flows twenty-six kilometers away, its presence is felt more as a distant memory than a local feature, leaving the immediate terrain to the sun and the persistent, expansive silence of the prairie. The history of Alderson persists in the scattered remnants of earlier agricultural efforts, where the remnants of fences and foundations sink slowly back into the dust. Once a point of transit for those traversing the heavy, iron-threaded landscape, Alderson exists now as a quiet observation of how the economy of the plains shifts with the currents of rail and road. Life here demands a certain endurance, as the inhabitants navigate a climate defined by extremes and a landscape that yields only to those who work it with patience. The character of Alderson is found in this stillness, where the movement of clouds across the high, unobstructed dome of the sky provides the primary sense of progression through the day.

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About This Alderson, Alberta Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alderson, Alberta, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.

Location data for Alderson includes coordinates 50.283056°N, 111.345278°W, situated in 20-15-10-W4. Postal FSA: T1R. Telephone area code: 403, 587, 780, 825, 368. Timezone: Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6).

Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.