Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly
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Prairie farms race to get ready for winter 2025
Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly
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.
The tale behind a polar vortex
People on the Prairies have been hunkered down under extreme cold warnings, brought about by a polar vortex, but how does that weather phenomenon work?
People on the Prairies have been hunkered down under extreme cold warnings, brought about by a polar vortex, but how does that weather phenomenon work?
Why are winter high pressure systems so cold?
The science behind Arctic highs, and why they bring frigid temperatures, is about where air originates and how the air levels interact
The science behind Arctic highs, and why they bring frigid temperatures, is about where air originates and how the air levels interact.
Understanding wind chill
How wind chill actually impacts how cold you feel this winter, plus gift ideas for the weather nerd in your life
How wind chill actually impacts how cold you feel this winter, plus gift ideas for the weather nerd in your life
COMMENT: Why winter makes you more vulnerable to colds – a public health nurse explains the science behind the season
Being cold isn't why you get a cold. But it is true that cold weather makes it easier to catch respiratory viruses such as the cold and flu. Research also shows that lower temperatures are associated with higher COVID-19 rates.
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.
November continues weather pattern
Prairie weather was once again warmest and wettest in the east, data shows
November weather sum-up: Prairie weather was once again warmest and wettest in the east, data shows
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