Glacier FarmMedia – Warmer than normal temperatures are expected across all of Canada through the winter months, with average precipitation for most of the agricultural areas of the Prairies, according to the latest long-range seasonal forecast from Environment and Climate Change Canada, released Dec. 31.
The government agency called for a 50 to 60 per cent chance of above normal temperatures from January through March across most of the country, with an even greater chance in the Atlantic provinces, parts of Northern Ontario around Lake Superior and eastern Quebec. Looking ahead to the spring, the four to six month forecast for April/May/June also predicts a high probability of above normal temperatures in the spring.
Precipitation is expected to be normal across most of Canada through the winter months, with a wetter bias in Labrador and a small pocket of northern Saskatchewan.
