Buford, Alberta Weather

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About Buford, Alberta

Buford is a hamlet in 19-49-27-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Buford is located at 53.2475°N, 113.9311°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T9G.

Buford rests upon a wide expanse of Alberta earth, cradled by the subtle rise of the Pigeon Hills. It lies 25.7 km west of Leduc, AB (from Leduc, AB: bearing 265°T), and is situated 8.1 km east-north-east of Thorsby. The North Saskatchewan River flows with a persistent, quiet gravity nine kilometres away, while the distant surface of Buckinghorse Lake lies hidden eleven kilometres to the horizon. In the late afternoon, the light here turns thin and clear, catching the dry grasses until the fields glow with the pale, muted gold of a long-settled frontier. Farther afield, the recreational reach of Pigeon Lake Provincial Park lies twenty-eight kilometres away, marking a boundary between the working land and the quiet wild. There is a particular clarity to the air in Buford, a sharp, cold sharpness that clarifies the distance between the fence lines and the sky. The economy of Buford remains rooted in the heavy, dark loam of the fields, where generations have practiced a patient stewardship of the soil. Life in Buford follows the turning of the seasons, dictated by the planting and the harvest, with the daily labor of agriculture grounding the inhabitants to the land. While the pace of modern existence pulls toward the cities, the people here maintain a quiet focus on the cycles of their own acreage. The history of Buford is found in the simple endurance of its farmsteads and the persistence of its roads, which run straight and true toward the edge of the visible world.

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About This Buford, Alberta Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buford, 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 Buford includes coordinates 53.247500°N, 113.931111°W, situated in 19-49-27-W4. Postal FSA: T9G. 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.