Toronto sickened by late-spring snowfall after weeks of summer-like weather

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Remember three days ago, when Toronto was a sweltering, soupy, sun-drenched paradise with a high of 32 C?

Whiplash weather is par for the course around these parts each spring (and fall and summer and even winter, to be honest), but people never quite seem to get over how fast temperatures can rise and drop within days, if not hours, in Canada's largest city.

As of 11 this morning — May 28, 2021 — it's snowing in Toronto.

Gotta love Spring in Toronto 🤣❄️ #Toronto #TorontoWeather #snowTO #Snow #Snowing pic.twitter.com/sYSBFmLfZS
— blogTO (@blogTO) May 28, 2021

I'm not talking isolated flurries on the outskirts of the GTA, I'm talking huge flakes of fluffy white snow all over the city.

Ok its snowing in Midtown Toronto pic.twitter.com/VUbTKOuUy7
— Edible Grasshopper (@TheCanadianMike) May 28, 2021

We knew that a steep temperature drop of at least 20 C was coming (thanks, meterologists!) but people are nonetheless just absolutely gutted to see snow in the air.

Go home Toronto you’re drunk.#snow #snowinmay #Toronto pic.twitter.com/LvUxIUPuAw
— Eleni Vassas (@elenivtv) May 28, 2021

The return of winter-like weather after a sustained stretch of summery temps is a downer, to say the least...

Snowstorm in Toronto, May 28. We broke the earth.#environment #Canada #GlobalWarming pic.twitter.com/Kuy7E7irSj
— 🌹Not A Poet🌹 (@poeticstoday) May 28, 2021

... not to mention a shock.

It’s freaking snowing.. what the heck Toronto?!😬 pic.twitter.com/P2wxrFr28O
— Courtney (@courtney_vn) May 28, 2021

Snow not only feels cold and wet on the skin of human beings, it threatens all of the freshly-planted gardens and outdoor plants in Toronto.

My May 28 snow view 🥶 hoping all of your gardens survive 🌷🌷🌷 #toronto pic.twitter.com/HbVSLbwLB4
— Dana (@DanaTdsb) May 28, 2021

Hundreds of people have tweeted their surprise and / or disappointment over the past half an hour alone.

Pretty sure *snow was not part of last nights weather forecast for Toronto ... but here we are. @AnthonyFarnell @Ross_Hull pic.twitter.com/6hb2XrlF8i
— David Prihodko (@dprihodko) May 28, 2021

This wet, grey weather is really putting a kink in some people's plans.

Me: let's pack all the rain clothes, it will be nice until we move to our new house
Toronto: hold my beer .... pic.twitter.com/qxOErXXflD
— Bruno Capuano // 📦📦📦 -3 days ! (@elbruno) May 28, 2021

"Someone in Toronto complained about the heat last week. Enjoy your snow today," tweeted one person of the flurries.

"Winter tires are all-season tires if you're from Toronto," joked another.

Snow in summer.. #Toronto pic.twitter.com/rITJ2ORSUY
— Abhi mood nahi hai.. (@MuniraMurtazaMW) May 28, 2021

"Bout to be June and it's still snowing in Toronto," lamented another local.

"I love that I know that it's snowing in Toronto because all the Torontonians on my timeline started to complain about it at the exact same time," pointed out someone else quite accurately.

The most Toronto thing you will see is snow in May. O sun mi pic.twitter.com/AESmPw56iU
— Marinus Okoronkwo (@Riqblaze) May 28, 2021

I could go on and on with these tweets, but you get the picture. Toronto residents are shook by the presence of snow in late May.

Ok..snowing in Toronto on May 28 IS NOT COOL! pic.twitter.com/ileIbyHQy4
— Janet Bryant (@JanetLBryant) May 28, 2021

Fortunately, the snow is not expected to stick around in Toronto for long. According to Environment Canada, temperatures should rise to at least 10 C by this evening, turning any remaining precipitation (of which there may be a lot) into straight rain.