After not wanting to be outside last week because of the extreme cold, it may be hard to keep people indoors this week as warmer air rushes into Saskatchewan producing temperatures well above normal for this time of year. The normal high for this time of year is minus 11, but some places in the […]
They are three words that have become quite familiar to Saskatchewan residents in January, but those words “Extreme Cold Warning” will soon be a thing of the past with many hoping that is it for the winter. However, frigid air remains over parts of Saskatchewan meaning that extreme cold warning remains in effect for Saturday […]
States of emergency, as well as blizzard and storm surge warnings, remained in effect in parts of eastern Newfoundland and Labrador early this morning. This intense snowfall that buried St. John’s and many other communities bringing them to a standstill on Friday slowed overnight, and according to Environment Canada was expected to end later this […]
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for the southern half of the province. The weather agency says light to moderate northwesterly winds combined with temperatures in the low minus twenties will produce windchill values of -40 or lower overnight into Saturday morning. Windchill values will moderate during the day on Saturday but will […]
This cold snap we are going through has meant a new daily natural gas consumption record. SaskEnergy says the record of 1.50 PetaJoules which was set in December of 2018 and tied last February has been broken three times this week. The new records are: Monday, Jan. 13 to Tuesday Jan. 14: 1.53 PJ Tuesday […]
With windchills in Regina hitting minus 45, it means you won’t be seeing school buses on Thursday. While schools remain open, both the Regina Public and Catholic school divisions have cancelled student transportation. Parents are urged to report any absences so all kids can be accounted for. Buses are also not running in the Prairie […]
The extreme cold warning continues for western Canada and most of Saskatchewan. Environment Canada says extreme cold wind chill values of -40 to -46 are being reported over most of southern and central Saskatchewan Wednesday morning. These extreme wind chill values will moderate somewhat during the day, but even colder wind chill values are expected the […]
Environment Canada continues its extreme cold warnings for west-central and northern Saskatchewan. The weather agency says a period of very cold wind chills is expected. Extreme wind chills colder than minus 40 will continue Friday morning. Wind chills will moderate late this morning, as temperatures warm. It says risks are greater for young children, older […]
Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for west-central Saskatchewan. The weather agency says a total of 10 to 15 cm is expected. It explain that a low pressure system is forecast to cross the prairies over the next few days, bringing snow with it. Snow will begin overnight tonight and last until Wednesday evening. By […]
Weather stats for December in southern Saskatchewan show a month that was relatively mild and very dry. The average mean temperature in Regina last month was minus 10.6 degrees, 1.8 degrees warmer than usual. Regina had its 39th warmest December in 126 years. Most centres in southern Saskatchewan were 2 degrees warmer than usual […]
