It鈥檚 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 there鈥檚 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.

鈥淲e will only close the road once the water level on the Yellowknife side is too deep for low clearance vehicles,鈥� stated a spokesperson from the Department of Infrastructure in response to questions from 黑料吃瓜网 about the road. 鈥淭ypically, it is the Yellowknife side that melts quicker due to the low water levels.鈥�

The road closed on Apr. 10 last year, about a week earlier than it鈥檚 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 NWT鈥檚 ice crossings are still open as of Friday.

The department said they鈥檒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 K鈥檈 Winter Road has also closed 鈥� it also normally closes around late March.