MAY 29, 2025EDMONTON WINDSTORM
The Edmonton region
What happened on May 29, 2025
On the evening of Thursday, May 29, 2025, a windstorm hit the Edmonton region, reaching Edmonton International Airport around 7:15 p.m. Environment Canada recorded gusts up to 129 km/h, the second-strongest ever recorded in the city, behind 146 km/h on October 1, 1965. Trees were uprooted or snapped, and debris damaged homes, fences, vehicles and power lines.
Environment Canada issued a rare broadcast-intrusive alert, the kind that sounds on phones, and several buildings at the airport took structural damage, CBC reported. The Weather Network reported the gust as a new May record for the airport.
No insured-loss figure has been published for this storm.
May 29, 2025, in figures.
- The Edmonton region[1]
- Hit Edmonton International Airport around 7:15 p.m. Thursday[1]
- Gusts up to 129 km/h, the second-strongest ever recorded in the city, per Environment Canada[1]
- A new record for the strongest May wind gust at Edmonton airport[2]
- [1]CBC News, May 30, 2025: Edmonton windstorm
- [2]The Weather Network, May 30, 2025: 129 km/h wind gust hits Edmonton area, prompts emergency alert
Every figure on this page comes from the published sources above, not from us. Last checked against them on October 11, 2026. Insured-loss estimates are revised after a storm, sometimes for years, so treat any figure as an estimate.
What it means for your roof today
A shingle that lost its seal in a gust can lie flat for months and then go in the next strong wind, so a roof can look fine and still be loose. If you were in the area on May 29, 2025 and nobody has looked at your roof since, have it checked and keep the date with your notes.
In Alberta, the statutory conditions in a home policy require prompt written notice of a loss, and a court action over a property claim generally has to start within 2 years of when you knew or ought to have known about the damage. Your policy may set other time limits, such as a deadline to claim depreciation. That's general information, not legal advice: your policy wording governs, and your insurer or a lawyer can tell you where you stand.
Check your hail or wind deductible on your declarations page before you file. Filing is your decision. We inspect, photograph every slope and write the damage up against the storm date; you and your insurer handle the claim.
Signs of wind damage
Wind rarely takes a roof off in one piece. It lifts, creases and unseals shingles, and the edges go first:
- Missing tabs or whole shingles, often at the eaves, rakes, ridges and hips.
- Creased shingles: a line across the top where a shingle lifted and folded back.
- Lifted edges that no longer sit flat, easiest to see in low morning or evening light.
- Gouges and tears from branches or flying debris.
- Bent eavestrough, loose flashing and damaged siding on the windward side.
Look from the ground, not from a ladder. What it looks like in photos is on our hail damage guide.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS.
Is it too late to claim damage from the May 29, 2025 storm?
It depends on your policy and on when you found the damage. Alberta's statutory conditions require prompt written notice of a loss, and a court action over a property claim generally has to start within 2 years of when you knew or ought to have known about the damage. If you've only just found damage from this storm, report it now and ask your insurer what it needs. This is general information, not legal advice.
How do I show the damage came from this storm and not from age?
Hail leaves a recognisable pattern: random impacts, granule loss at the strike points and bruising you can feel, plus dents on the soft metals, which reads differently from even weathering. A report that photographs that pattern slope by slope, with scale references, and reasons from it to a dated storm is what ties damage to a date of loss. An assertion without that reasoning is not documentation.
My roof was replaced after this storm. Should I still get it looked at?
It can be worth it. Vents, flashing, skylights, eavestrough and siding take hail on their own, and they can be left out of a roof-only scope. If anything on the house wasn't replaced, it's worth a look.
WAS YOUR ROOFIN ONE OF THESE?
Tell us the storm date and your address. We'll document what's actually on the roof.