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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.

Cereals are swathed north of Darlingford Sept. 1. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

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


Weekly weather map as JPEG.

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.

Ice crystals and snow whipped up by winter winds catch the sun near Russell, Man.

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?


The June 20-22 rain will ensure that most producers harvest a crop in 2025.

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.

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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.



Weekly weather map in JPEG for Aug 21 MCO.

Warmer and wetter future for Prairie farms

Higher humidity and intense rainfall events are all but inevitable as the planet warms

Warming oceans and warming air translate to more humidity. For Manitoba farmers, greater availability of water vapour will make it more likely for precipitation events to tend to the extreme.


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Prairie heatwaves and upper highs

Sunshine and sinking air mean rising temperatures for the Prairies

Weather expert Daniel Bezte looks at heat waves and the climate factors that lead to extended periods of high heat in the Prairies.

Canada’s only F5 tornado hit the ground near Elie, Man., on June 22, 2007.

The theories of tornado formation

Even with the very best of modern technology, the definitive answer hasn’t been found

Even with the very best of modern technology, we’re still not sure about the science behind how tornadoes form.