The deep freeze is over! This is Edmonton's weather for Jan. 20

EDMONTON -- Today is poised to be Edmonton first day with a temperature above -15 since January 8th.

The city has had 11 consecutive days with a daytime high below -15 degrees, and that streak ends today.

Last February ALSO had an 11 day streak of highs below -15.

Where this past cold spell tops last February is with consecutive days below -20.

We ended up with six this year. Last February had two streak of four days.

Temperature "warmed" to highs of -19 and -17 this past weekend.

We'll jump to the -5 range thoday and should be in the 0 to -5 range for highs Tue/Wed.

The end of the week is shaping up even warmer with a shot at breaking zero, AND... the long-range outlook has daytime highs near average of above average right through to the end of the month.

Here's the forecast for Edmonton:

• Today – Mainly sunny.
• High: -4

• Tonight - Partly cloudy.
• 9pm: -7

• Tuesday - Mix of sun & cloud.
• Morning Low: -10
• Afternoon High: -3

• Wednesday - Partly cloudy.
• Morning Low: -10
• Afternoon High: -3

• Thursday - Partly cloudy.
• Morning Low: -10
• Afternoon High: -1

• Friday - Partly cloudy.
• Morning Low: -8
• Afternoon High: 1

• Saturday - Mix of sun & cloud.
• Morning Low: -7
• Afternoon High: 0