Windfall, Alberta Weather

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About Windfall, Alberta

Windfall is a hamlet in 17-60-15-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Windfall is located at 54.1833°N, 116.2108°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: T7S.

Windfall occupies a quiet expanse of northern forest where the earth holds the scent of damp peat and cooling spruce needles. It lies 34.6 km west of Whitecourt, AB (from Whitecourt, AB: bearing 278°T), and is situated 45.2 km east-south-east of Fox Creek. The Athabasca River follows its ancient, serpentine path about 6 km away, carving a deep, persistent line through the terrain that defines the local hydrology. When the sun dips low, the light pulls long, thin shadows across the muskeg, turning the horizon into a muted study of grey and bronze. This landscape remains dominated by the presence of the woods, a vast and watchful collection of timber that dwarfs the human footprint. Residents find themselves living in a quiet proximity to Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park, which sits about 39 km away, serving as a reminder of the wilder, managed reaches that border the local industrial activity. Windfall functions primarily as a node of energy production, its character defined by the infrastructure of the oil and gas industry that extracts value from the deep geological layers beneath the brush. The daily lives of those here are calibrated to the low, constant hum of pumps and the movement of equipment across gravel roads that never seem to fully shed their coat of dust. History here is measured in the cycles of extraction and the resilience of work crews who navigate the long, biting winters with a pragmatic endurance. While the pace of Windfall is dictated by the requirements of its industry, there is an underlying stillness that returns whenever the machinery pauses, allowing the true, formidable silence of the northern woods to reclaim the air.

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About This Windfall, Alberta Weather Page

This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windfall, 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 Windfall includes coordinates 54.183333°N, 116.210833°W, situated in 17-60-15-W5. Postal FSA: T7S. 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.