precipitation

December was a “roller-coaster” month for weather

December was a “roller-coaster” month for weather

Jan 8, 2025 | 4:33pm
Weather in the last month of 2024 for Saskatchewan brought a mixture of freezing rain and snow as well as cold and warm temperatures. Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says December started colder than normal before warm Pacific air came through to bring temperatures up. The cold returned in the middle of the month then […]
November started warm and dry, ended cold and snowy

November started warm and dry, ended cold and snowy

Dec 4, 2024 | 6:34pm
The weather in November was a tale of two different climates. While temperatures for most weather stations in the province were at or close to their monthly average, except for Key Lake and La Ronge where they were two degrees warmer than normal, they should be taken with a grain of salt, says Environment Canada […]
June weather brought the opposite of initial forecast

June weather brought the opposite of initial forecast

Jul 4, 2024 | 3:07pm
June was a cool and wet month for most of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada released last month’s weather statistics on Tuesday and Meteorologist Terri Lang says temperatures were cooler than normal the further north you went, going against what they initially forecast of a warmer than average month. “Goes to show you that we don’t know […]
Different multi-year precipitation maps telling a similar story for the Prairies

Different multi-year precipitation maps telling a similar story for the Prairies

May 8, 2024 | 8:00am
Precipitation levels are on an upswing across most of the Prairie region. Even without counting the rain the past couple days, precipitation maps are showing an improvement in the dry conditions that have hurt crop and forage yields in many regions in recent years. For the past five years, total precipitation has been only 60 […]