/comfort Jessi.
What is hot there like at this time of year?
We were expecting +1 to +2 Celsius (~34 Fahrenheit) all week, which would have been perfect, but the last two days soared past that forecast to +8C (46F) and are expecting much the same tomorrow.
It's not "hot", but it's leagues beyond melting temperature, and we were hoping for a slow melt given the sheer volume of snow we had over the winter. We're in a valley that draws in all the melt from North Dakota and accumulates as it flows north. If all that snow melts too quickly it'll overwhelm the bypasses.
We spent all evening Friday and all day Saturday cleaning eavestroughs and making sure the downspouts were pointed away, clearing paths in the 9 foot tall mountains of snow for water to travel through. Pretty pointless making it all flow into the back lane when the back lane diverts straight into our window wells >_>;