As a January thaw arrives in Edmonton this weekend, organizers for one of the city’s winter festivals said the melting ice has been presenting problems.

The artistic director of Ice On Whyte, Delayne Corbett, said the show will go on.

“It may be puddles and melting sculptures that nature is creating but yes we will be ready, as ready as we can be.”

Corbett said covering the ice, compressing snow and taking advantage of any shade they can find are ways organizers are preserving the frozen works of art.

“Just let the weather do what it does and just basically clean up after,” he laughed.

Although many residents have been taking advantage of the warmer-than-usual temperatures, CTV Edmonton's Chief Meteorologist Josh Classen said that winter was not over yet.

“This happens a lot, where you get this warm spell in January and people lull themselves into a false sense of security and then at the end of January and February some cold air sinks in,” he explained.

According to Environment Canada, the average high for this time of year is -8 Celsius.

The warmest day on record for January 18 was 9.3 C, back in 2009. The coldest day was in 2012 at -32.1 Celsius.  

With files from Amanda Anderson