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This is the current conditions weather report for Fort Erie. The report was made 34 minutes ago, at 01:54 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 20 miles per hour / 31.5 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 20 miles per hour / 31.5 kilometers per hour from the westsouthwest (260°). The temperature was 25°F / -4°C, with a dew-point at 25°F / -4°C. The temperature felt like 12°F / -11°C. The atmospheric pressure was 29.97 inHg / 1016 hPa. The relative humidity was 63%. The skies were overcast.

Fort Erie (2001 population 28,143) is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York.

The town's beaches on Lake Erie (most notably Crystal Beach and Bay Beach), are considered the best in the area and draw many weekend recreationists from the Toronto and Buffalo areas. While summers are enjoyable, winters can be fierce, with many snow storms, whiteouts and winds whipping off Lake Erie. Such weather has given the town the nickname "Fort Dreary", although some feel this is directed at the town's cultural base (ie lack therof), rather than the winter conditions.

Fort Erie Race Track has hosted live thoroughbred racing since 1897. Widely regarded as one of North America's most picturesque tracks, it has been home to the second jewel in Canada's Triple Crown of Racing since 1959.

Fort Erie is one of the fastest growing communities in Niagara, and has experienced a high level of residential and commercial development in the past few years. Garrison Road (Provincial Highway #3) is the town's major "tourist commercial" corridor, stretching for nearly 5 kilometers east to west through Greater Fort Erie. Fort Erie is also home to a number of other thriving commercial core areas (Bridgeburg, Ridgeway, Stevensville and Crystal Beach) as a result of the 1970 amalgamation of these former municipalities with Fort Erie proper.

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