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Roads south of Brandon on June 29, 2020 show the evidence of being overtopped by floodwaters the previous day.

PHOTOS: Water over WestMan

By Alexis Stockford July 3, 2020

Based on the 30-year average, Manitoba Agriculture pegs the “climate normal” accumulated precipitation for what are typically the wettest months of the year — May, June and July — at 205 millimetres for the areas around Brandon, Rivers and Minnedosa. In the stretch of 2020 from June 28 into Canada Day, those areas received three

Precipitation across the Prairies over the two weeks ending April 8, 2020. (Map courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Burnett on Markets: Weather woes span the Prairies

By Bruce Burnett, GFM Network News April 9, 2020

The weather during the last half of March provided some optimism about a normal start to spring. Farmers across the Prairies were preparing equipment, taking delivery of seed and fertilizer and looking forward to getting out into the field. Then the weather in early April dropped significant amounts of rain and snow across northern and

Fresh snowfall in Winnipeg’s Fort Rouge area on April 8, 2020. (GFM Staff)

Crops, Weather

Cold spring weather expected for Prairies

By GFM Network News April 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Temperatures in the Prairie provinces are expected to be colder than average this spring. “There’s no indication that temperatures will be above normal,” said Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather for MarketsFarm in Winnipeg. Low temperatures will likely cause issues for seeding in areas of the Prairies that have received late-spring snowstorms.

File photo of a storm cloud from the southwestern end of Lake Winnipeg at Matlock, Man. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Weather

Average Prairie heat, more rain in summer forecast

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 16, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canada’s Prairies should see higher-than-normal precipitation and generally average temperatures during the 2020 growing season, according to a forecast from Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. Speaking Thursday at CropConnect in Winnipeg, Kehler said “there’s not really a strong pattern one way or the other” when it comes to the temperature outlook. The Weatherlogics forecast

Forecaster Drew Lerner, shown here at Ag Days 2020 in Brandon, sees a cooler-than-normal spring ahead for the Prairies. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Alexis Stockford)

Crops, Other, Weather

Variable Prairie weather makes for uncertain spring ahead

If nothing else, a rainy harvest season helped replenish topsoil moisture

By GFM Network News January 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — Late-season rains wreaked havoc on the 2019 harvest season but were helpful in restoring topsoil moisture to key growing regions in the Prairies. Since snow coverage has been variable across the Prairies so far in 2020, however, the growing season may get off to a rocky start. “If we take a look at

While September did bring some warmth, it also brought record amounts of rain.

Other, Weather

Looking back at 2019’s weather stories

From a Manitoba perspective, inverted rainfall patterns loomed largest in 2019

By Daniel Bezte January 13, 2020

We usually begin the year with a look back at some of the big stories from the previous year and my articles usually follow this trend, so I asked myself: should I change it up this year? The answer: no. I think these looks back are kind of fun and they allow us to remember

Columns, Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Year in review: How did 2019’s weather measure up?

The short answer is that the year just past was cooler and drier than average

By Daniel Bezte December 31, 2019

As we pass the end of another calendar year, it is time to take a look back at the past year’s weather to see how everything added up. Before I zoom into Manitoba, let’s take a quick look at the global picture. November’s global temperature numbers have just been released and three of the five

If we get 30 snowfall days during the winter, only about three of them will give us more than five cm of snow.

Weather

Gauging snowfall probabilities

A Winnipeg winter offers about a 90 per cent chance of 30 days in which some snow falls

By Daniel Bezte November 27, 2019

Back in October, just after the big snowstorm, I discussed fall snowstorms. Well, it seems that the October snowstorm has brought on a flurry of questions (no pun intended!) about the probability of snow. So I figured this week we should take a deeper look into snowfall, a topic we’ve visited a couple of times

Weather

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 12, 2019

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s Red River Valley is very wet heading into the winter freeze, but it’s still too early to say if the saturated soils will lead to flooding in the spring, according to provincial forecasters. The Manitoba government on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of opening the Red River Floodway, marking the first time

Columns, Other, Weather

Bezte: Cool summer, cool fall?

By Daniel Bezte September 7, 2019

Another month has come and gone and in the weather world, summer is slowly coming to an end. That means it’s time to take a look back at the weather over the past month and to summarize what the three key summer months brought us, weather-wise, across the Prairies. Then, as usual, we’ll take our

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PHOTOS: Water over WestMan

Burnett on Markets: Weather woes span the Prairies

Cold spring weather expected for Prairies

Average Prairie heat, more rain in summer forecast

Variable Prairie weather makes for uncertain spring ahead

Looking back at 2019’s weather stories

Year in review: How did 2019’s weather measure up?

Gauging snowfall probabilities

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

Bezte: Cool summer, cool fall?

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