Manitobans viscerally feel the impacts of snowfall, chilling winds and the occasional polar vortex, but the source of those local winter weather patterns can come from far away
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The distant drivers of Manitoba winter weather
Manitobans viscerally feel the impacts of snowfall, chilling winds and the occasional polar vortex, but the source of those local winter weather patterns can come from far away
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.
Spring can bring big snow falls
It’s the annual mixing of warm and cold air that kicks these parties off
Spring snowstorms are not uncommon, as March and April have recorded some of the biggest snowstorms in the Prairies.
Ranking the biggest Prairie snowstorms
Calgary tops the list in average snowfall numbers, followed by Winnipeg and Edmonton
Counting down the 10 biggest snowfall events in each Prairie province in the last 70 years.
The surprising snowfall data
We might be buried in snow now, but by the numbers, big snow events on the Prairies are less common than you think
It might sound hard to hear after snowstorms swept through the province this week, but according to statistical data, big snow events are relatively rare on the Prairies
Waiting on the spring snowmelt
Truly warm temperatures only rarely appear while there’s snow on the ground
A topic was brought to my attention by a reader in Manitoba, my home province. The western part of the province has unique topography that affects weather in that region. In Manitoba, we call these features Riding and Duck Mountains, but they are more like hills. Often when I discuss weather in what I refer
How heat and snow measured up in February
After little snow cover all winter, the snowpack is beginning to accumulate as we enter spring
I have been accused of it, but I am not a weather sorcerer! Yes, I talked about the history of big spring snowstorms, and delayed talk about lack of snow cover this winter, but that doesn’t mean I had anything to do with the snowy conditions across much of the Prairies in recent weeks. The
How spring snowstorms on the Prairies stack up
The history of spring snowfalls
I promised to look at snow cover across the Prairies for the Feb. 29 issue of the Co-operator, but life and a cold bug got in the way. It can be tough to concentrate, especially when digging into numbers, when your head is aching and you can’t breathe through your nose. That article will have
Wild weather ride in January
Temperature records were shattered across the Prairies at the end of the month
If January was any indication of what weather will be like for the rest of 2024, it is going to be one wild year. What a month it was! It started off warm. Then winter showed up in full force, bringing record-breaking cold, especially over the western half of the Prairies. Luckily it didn’t last
What’s the ideal Christmas weather?
Will there be snow on the ground or a brown holiday?
Every few years I like to revisit the topic of perfect Christmas holiday weather. Each year that I have looked at this, December has started out warm and dry with little snow cover across large parts of the southern Prairies. And what do we see this year? A warm start to December with below average
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