Once again Friday morning Fog Advisories are spread across central and southeastern Saskatchewan, including Prince Albert Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw. Environment Canada says the combination of clear skies, light winds and melting snow create ideal conditions for fog development. Areas of near zero visibility can be expected until late morning or early Friday afternoon.
It continues to be c-c-c-cold in Saskatchewan as the polar vortex that has been hovering above us for days continues as we remain under an extreme cold warning. Environment Canada says 17 places in Saskatchewan broke the record for the coldest February 13 on record with the provincial cold spot being in Nipawin where it […]
The polar vortex that has brought us this frigid weather has not surprisingly resulted in record lows across the province. Environment Canada says 13 communities set a record Thursday for low-temperature with one of those places being Saskatoon where it hit -39.2 breaking the old record set in 1905. Other places to set new records […]
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear a new record for gas usage has been set by SaskEnergy. The company says from 9 a.m Monday morning to 9 a.m this (Tuesday)morning, people in the province used 1.57 petajoules breaking the record of 1.55 set in January of 2020. Its the eighth winter in a […]
A man from the George Gordon First Nation near Punnichy is dead after freezing to death. RCMP say the 21-year-old was reported missing Saturday after leaving his home and was found a short distance away the next day. The death is not considered suspicious with the investigation being led by the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service. His […]
After a mild January. Mother Nature is giving it to us in February as we are living in a deepfreeze An extreme cold warning remains in effect for the entire province with windchills in the minus 50 expected again Monday night and Tuesday morning. Terri Lang with Environment Canada says the forecast won’t really be […]
The deep freeze continues across Saskatchewan Monday morning, with the entire province still under an Extreme Cold Warning. Temperatures approaching -40 C and wind chills more than – 50 C in other areas mean frostbite is possible in just minutes. Daytime highs for Regina and Moose Jaw won’t be warmer than the mid -20’s all […]
An arctic ridge of high pressure continues hovering across Saskatchewan with it being here for several days. An extreme cold warning remains in effect for the entire province with Environment Canada saying the windchill factor Sunday night-Monday morning getting close to or hitting -50 in some places. With conditions being the way they are, outdoor […]
After a couple days of above average weather to start the month of February, residents will be feeling a gradual slide into below seasonal temperatures to finish off the week. Blowing snow and colder temperatures have made their way into southern Saskatchewan on Wednesday, presenting wind gusts of 60 km/h and a risk of frostbite […]
January 2021 in southern Saskatchewan goes into the record books as mild and dry. Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang says Regina’s mean temperature was almost five degrees warmer than average. She says the mean temperature was minus 9.9 degrees, 4.8 degrees warmer than normal and the 11th warmest on record. Lang says most of the […]
