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Prairie forecast: A slow cool down towards winter

Forecast issued October 29, covering Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, 2025 Highlights: Overview I can’t say last week’s forecast played out exactly as expected — but that’s not too surprising. Overall confidence was on the low side. While the models did a decent job with the big picture, a few smaller details didn’t line up.



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Families and others gather at Boonstra Farms to pick strawberries at this u-pick farm located in Stonewall, Manitoba. PHOTO: AHPHOTOSWPG/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES

So you want to farm strawberries

Fall is the time for Manitoba farmers to set the wheels in motion for the 2026 strawberry field crop

If you’re considering starting or expanding a Prairie strawberry farm, autumn is the time to start sourcing and securing the plants and inputs you’ll need, a producer from one Alberta-based U-pick says.

Forecasting winter 2025-26 in Manitoba

A weak La Niña is in play again this winter, but its effects aren’t clear

Three distinct factors are likely to drive the type of weather farmers and ranchers experience in Manitoba this winter, Daniel Bezte writes, starting this issue with a look at the atmospheric event known as La Niña.








Weekly weather map as JPEG.

Will Manitoba’s warm fall linger?

Weather data confirms a mild start to autumn, but forecasts farther into fall 2025 are mixed for Manitoba

Weather data confirms a mild start to autumn, but forecasts farther into fall 2025 are mixed for Manitoba.