Holiday weather records in Manitoba

Holiday weather records in Manitoba

Winnipeg’s coldest holiday temperatures all date back to the 19th century

Last time we took a look at Christmas weather records from across the Prairies, but for this issue I thought we would zoom in on Manitoba and expand our look to New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. I first looked at this topic back in 2009, and then again a few years ago, so

Where will the best Christmas weather be on the Prairies?

Where will the best Christmas weather be on the Prairies?

Where’s your ‘perfect’ Christmas most likely to be found? We’ve got the data

Every few years I like to revisit the topic of the “perfect” Christmas holiday weather. As I went through a couple of the older articles that I’ve written on this topic, I found a rather interesting coincidence. Each year we’ve looked at this topic, December has started off warm and dry with little snow cover


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

Gauging snowfall probabilities

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

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

A storm last Thanksgiving weekend brought a lot of snow, and a lot of headaches.

AMM calls on province to pitch in on disaster funding after storm

Manitoba’s Thanksgiving surprise was an expensive one for municipalities

[UPDATED: Nov. 14, 2019] Municipalities say the winter storm over the Thanksgiving weekend is going to cost them, and they’re looking to the province for help. The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) has formally requested a disaster financial assistance program for its impacted members in light of storm cleanup costs. Why it matters: An early storm last month


Strong winds and heavy snowfall saw snowdrifts accumulate fast in southern Manitoba on Oct. 11.

An October storm for the record books

This was about as close as you could get to a textbook Colorado low

Hmmm… I wonder what I should talk about this time around? Maybe the massive, record-setting snow- and rainstorm that struck a large part of southern and central Manitoba from Oct. 10 to 12? Now, for those who have followed my articles over the years, you will know I’m not going to try and attempt to

Silage operations near Miami begin again despite the tough conditions after Manitoba’s early brush with winter in mid-October.

Storm aftermath, flooding causes headaches

The hits keep coming as producers deal with standing water and pastures disappearing under melt water

The snow may be gone, but farmers are sill fighting the aftermath. A three-day storm over the Thanksgiving weekend dropped over two feet of snow in some parts of the province. Why it matters: The historic snowstorm over Thanksgiving long weekend isn’t done with farmers yet. Andre Steppler of Miami spent the week after the


These cows had to engage some high-stepping to cross the yard after a major snowfall covered Manitoba.

Bad weather creates ‘a whole new stress level’ for beef producers

Rain and snow postpone sales, keep hay and silage on the fields

Wet and wintery weather has set back many cattle producers across Manitoba, particularly in the southeast. “I haven’t seen it this wet in 12 years,” said Grunthal Auction Mart manager Harold Unrau on October 11 as snow was falling across the province. “Everything is mud.” Areas between Winnipeg and Brandon and south through the Red

Winter storms and how they form

Winter storms and how they form

Moisture-laden air from the south, say hello to cool air dropping in from the north

So far this fall the Prairies have already seen several large early-winter-like storm systems. Southern parts of Alberta received a significant snowstorm from Sept. 28 to 30 while southern Manitoba experienced a significant rain and snowstorm from Oct. 10 to 12. Most of our big autumn or winter snowfalls come from areas of low pressure


Patches of Manitoba were left in the dark after a history Thanksgiving weekend snow storm.

Getting back to business after snow storm cuts off power

Manitoba’s farmers and agribusinesses got back to business as normal after a snowy and dark Thanksgiving

The lights were slowly coming back on during the third week of October after a historic snowstorm led to equally historic power outages across the province. A swath of farmers and agribusinesses were also caught up in the over 266,000 outages reported as a result of the three-day storm. Why it matters: Tens of thousands

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Manitoba’s sunflower crop under threat from weather

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s sunflower crop has been compromised by the snow that fell over Thanksgiving weekend, but it’s not yet clear what percentage of the crop will be impacted. Before the snow fell, windy and rainy weather took a toll on the sunflower crop. The soil was oversaturated to the point that sunflower roots couldn’t