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.
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October rain recharges Manitoba soils
October saw wet conditions in Manitoba, but rain in the western Prairies remained lacking
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.
Mythbusting the folklore of winter forecasts
Can Manitoba’s fall really predict future winter weather? From early leaf drop to when the birds leave, there are plenty of old sayings, but how much fact is there behind the folklore?
Can Manitoba’s fall really predict future winter weather? From early leaf drop to when the birds leave, there are plenty of old sayings, but how much fact is there behind the folklore?
More rainfall for Prairie farmers
As the atmosphere warms, farmers on the Canadian Prairies could see more heavy rainfalls
Heavy rain may become more common as the climate on the Canadian Prairies makes more of the storm types that produce it.
Warmer than average August
Warm weather forecasted to continue in September
Manitoba forecaster Daniel Bezte reviews the outcome of Prairie temperature and rainfall predictions for August from sources including weather models, the almanacs and himself, then looks ahead to September.
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