It takes more than just a trough of low pressure to develop an Alberta Clipper or Colorado Low, which are the biggest winter storms in Manitoba. It also takes humidity, temperature changes and a host of other variables coming into play.
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The lowdown on winter storms on the Prairies
It takes more than just a trough of low pressure to kick up a memorable winter storm
What is perfect Christmas weather?
December weather on the Prairies can be all over the map, what can Manitoba expect for the 2025 holiday season?
What is ‘perfect’ Christmas weather on the Prairies? Here’s where you should head this holiday, according to historical weather data.
Predicting Manitoba winter snowfall
How much snow should farmers in Manitoba expect for the rest of December 2025 and into January-February 2026? Here’s what the weather models say about the winter to come.
How much snow should farmers in Manitoba expect for the rest of December 2025 and into January-February 2026? Here’s what the weather models say about the winter to come.
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
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
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