Unfortunately, it looks like the cold weather will stick around for at least this forecast period. Maybe a little bit longer. There are some signs of this pattern breaking down near the end of the month, so let’s keep our fingers crossed.
Prairie forecast: Cold high pressure to dominate
Forecast issued February 12, covering Feb. 12 to 19, 2025
La Niña fails to move weather needle
Manitoba saw vicious cold snaps in January but, globally speaking, it was another month of warm temperatures
Manitoba saw vicious cold snaps in January but, globally speaking, it was another month of warm temperatures.
Back into the deep freeze?
Several of the weather models see colder temperatures ahead
The forecasts suggest a return to colder weather on the Prairies until February.
Prairie forecast: Midwinter cold settles in
Forecast issued February 5, covering Feb. 5 to Feb. 12, 2025
We start this forecast period off with plenty of cold air in place, which is a 180-degree change from a week ago. Saskatchewan and Manitoba will also have to deal with a disturbance on Wednesday and Thursday that may bring upwards of 15 cm of fluffy snow.
Why are winter high pressure systems so cold?
The science behind Arctic highs, and why they bring frigid temperatures, is about where air originates and how the air levels interact
The science behind Arctic highs, and why they bring frigid temperatures, is about where air originates and how the air levels interact.
Prairie forecast: Weekend low to bring snow to swaths of the Prairies
Forecast issued January 29, covering Jan. 29 to Feb. 5, 2025
We start this forecast period off with plenty of warm air in place across much of the Prairies. We continue to see areas of low pressure dropping southeastward from the western territories into northwestern Ontario with high pressure still in place across the northwestern U.S. and southwestern Canada.
2024 weather another year for the heat record books
Aggregated data clearly shows 2024 as the warmest year on record globally
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Prairie forecast: Warm west, cooler east
This forecast period starts with the last of the bitterly cold air departing Manitoba thanks to a weak area of low pressure that moved through on Wednesday. This low, combined with an area of high pressure building over the northwestern U.S., helped to pull mild air in off the Pacific and push it eastwards across the Prairies.
A look back at weather across the Prairies in 2024
Last year was warmer and dry-to-average across the Prairie provinces
Manitoba’s wet start not withstanding, a more regional look at weather in 2024 shows that last year was warmer and dry-to-average across the Prairies.
Prairie forecast: Mild start replaced by Arctic high pressure
Forecast issued January 15, covering Jan. 15 to 22, 2025
We start this forecast period with an area of low-pressure sliding southeastwards through the southern Northwest Territories and into northern Manitoba. This low is pulling mild air northwards, which means a continuation of mild temperatures in Alberta, while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are seeing a rapid rebound from the cold start to the week.
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