What is ‘perfect’ Christmas weather on the Prairies? Here’s where you should head this holiday, according to historical weather data.
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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?
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.
Farmer gift idea: How about a weather station?
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
October rain recharges Manitoba soils
October saw wet conditions in Manitoba, but rain in the western Prairies remained lacking
Daniel Bezte looks back on October weather on the Prairies and looks ahead to see whether there’s any consensus for this winter’s weather.
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.
Frost-free season stretches out for most of Manitoba
The 2025 growing season was longer than average for most of the Prairies, despite an early brush with freezing temperatures in early September
The length of the frost-free season right across the Prairies for 2025 turned out to be longer than average, weather expert Daniel Bezte reports.
Will Manitoba’s warm fall linger?
Weather data confirms a mild start to autumn, but forecasts farther into fall 2025 are mixed for Manitoba
Weather data confirms a mild start to autumn, but forecasts farther into fall 2025 are mixed for Manitoba.
Why drying crops in the fall is so tough
Shorter days, temperature, humidity and wind are some of the fall weather factors that play into whether or not that crop dries down
Shorter days, temperature, humidity and wind are some of the fall weather factors that play into whether or not that crop dries down
Does fall predict winter?
More bits of weather folklore, from loon calls to when the geese and herons migrate south, and whether they actually do predict the winter weather to come
More bits of weather folklore, from loon calls to when the geese and herons migrate south, and whether they actually do predict winter weather to come.
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