ItSA国际影视传媒檚 been an unusual winter for Yellowknife this year with a mix of cold and warm temperatures all season long.

As things begin to get closer to something resembling spring, the thoughts of people turn to the state of winter roads, specifically the Dettah ice road. Although thereSA国际影视传媒檚 no confirmation on when the road will close this year, the weather seems to tell a clearer story.

The city is forecast the break even temperature-wise today with a high of 0 C. That will climb in the coming days, reaching 6 C on Sunday.

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The road closed on Apr. 10 last year, about a week earlier than itSA国际影视传媒檚 20-year average of April 16.

The Dettah ice road opened on Jan. 29, much later than usual and that has been a trend for the past couple years. The department confirmed in a previous interview that it was the latest opening on record.

The 20-year average opening date for the ice road is Dec. 24.

As for other winter roads, the Gameti road is still open, but night travel has been placed under a 72-hour advance closure notice effective as of Wednesday. The same goes for Wekweet矛 winter road.

The Aklavik ice road remains open and normally closes around late April and all of the NWTSA国际影视传媒檚 ice crossings are still open as of Friday.

The department said theySA国际影视传媒檒l post 72- and 48-hour notices before closing winter roads, according to their email.

Some of the winter roads that have already closed have done so much sooner than normal.

The Wrigley-to-Tulita winter road has been closed already. It normally closes March 30. The Sambaa KSA国际影视传媒檈 Winter Road has also closed SA国际影视传媒� it also normally closes around late March.