It was a “battery test” morning for most people firing up their vehicles this morning. In Regina, windchill was around -40 this morning, with a temperature of minus 30. That’s enough to make any car shudder on start up. These extremely cold temperatures will be with us through the rest of the week, but by […]
If you park outside, your car will not enjoy you firing it up. Its a bitter cold morning as this cold snap continues, and the extreme cold warnings remain in effect. In eastern Saskatchewan, Environemnt Canada is expecting extreme wind chill values to moderate today, but warns they may return tonight and into Tuesday morning. […]
Canada’s senior climatologist says the mild January weather in southern Saskatchewan will change drastically near the end of the week. David Phillips says cold Arctic air will push south as early as Friday. Phillips says the temperatures will not be as bitter as early December and will moderate after about 10 days. He says spring […]
Its been a prolonged period of arctic air spilling down to the prairies. Its what has brought us these mind numbing cold temperatures for the last week or so. Christmas Eve things should be getting better. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada the cold should start to ease Christmas Eve, and temperatures after Christmas […]
With windchill values approaching dangerous lows – bus cancelations have been announced for: Regina Public School Division Regina Catholic Divisions Standing Buffalo School Division Prairie Valley School Division (Regina and Indian head weather towers) Windchill values are currently at -46 degrees Celsius in Regina and surrounding area, with these temperatures expected to remain low until […]
The City of Regina is bringing back its warming bus after it closed its doors earlier this week. The bus was suspended on Monday after an overnight warming centre received federal funding to open its doors. It is now being reopened as a critical shortage of overnight warming spaces, and cold temperatures pose a life-threatening […]
It was so cold in Saskatchewan the last couple of days that several communities have set cold weather records over the last couple of days. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, on Monday, Key Lake tied the old record low (-40.5 in 1991), while Southend Reindeer Area set a new record of -37.6, which […]
As snow plows continue to clear city streets, and people clear walks and driveways from the latest gift of snow from mother nature, the weather will turn pretty chilly for a couple of days. Call it a “winter sneak preview”. Lows on Wednesday and Thursday night will be below -20, so you may want to […]
