A cold, wet April outlook

Well, if you think March was colder than average, you were right! In March 2013, temperatures across southern and central Manitoba averaged as much as 5 C below the long-term average. The last time we saw any month that was more than 2° below average was back in March of 2011. So we’ve had a

Warm start, cold end to month?

The beginning of the new year is always a busy time when writing about the weather. In the last issue I started writing about the top worldwide weather stories for each month in 2012 and it will take another issue or two to finish that up. Environment Canada has also come out with its top


Cold and wet – new pattern?

In the last issue we took a look ahead to see what the winter might have in store for us. In this issue we’re going to take our monthly look back at the weather and then look only a little ahead to try and see what November might bring us weather-wise. Well, I guess we

Warm summer, warm fall?

From most people’s perspective summer is now over and we are entering fall. A few locations in southeastern Manitoba even saw a touch of frost over the weekend. That means it’s time to take a look ahead to see what the long-range forecasters predict for this fall. But before we tackle that, we need to


Should we expect a record-setting July?

Another month has come and gone. Those of you who felt June 2012 was actually a little warmer than average, were pretty much right — at least for most areas. The results of my June number crunching are below. June started off warm across most of southern and central Manitoba, with temperatures climbing near and

Warm and dry, or warm and wet?

Well, depending on where you live, May 2012 either continued the year-long trend of above-average temperatures but just barely, or the streak came to an end with a below-average May. When we look back at May’s weather, just like April, we had a little bit of everything. The month started off around average, then summer


There’s A Brutally Cold And Snowy Winter Ahead

With a good portion of agricultural Manitoba seeing the first snow of winter, I thought it might be a good idea to expand on last week s November weather outlook and take a look at what all the different forecasters predict for this upcoming winter. Will it be an easy winter with little snow and

Beautiful Fall Weather To Continue

Co-operator contributor A nother month has come and gone and I m not sure about you, but September sure seemed to fly by. I m not sure why the month went by so fast maybe it was because school started but personally, I think it has to do with the beautiful weather we had. If


Goodbye May, Hello Summer

How does the old saying go: “In like a lion out like a lamb?” Yeah, right – May definitely came in like a lion, with a storm bringing rain, snow and cold temperatures on the last day of April and continuing into the first day of May. With the cold start to the month and

Split In Long-Range Forecasts

Another month has gone by and we are either about to enter spring or we have another month of winter left. As usual for the end of the month, we’ll take a look back at February’s weather and then peer ahead to see if we will see an early arrival of spring or if winter