A broad but unorganized area of low pressure impacts all three Prairie provinces for at least the first half of this forecast period. Unsettled weather means it will be a difficult forecast to pin down. It also means seasonable temperatures with no big intense heat waves expected—though that doesn’t mean we won’t see a few hot days.
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Prairie forecast: Looking warm and dry for Canada Day
Forecast issued June 25, covering June 25 to July 2, 2025
Prairie forecast: Unsettled weather ahead
Forecast issued June 18, covering June 18 to 25, 2025
For this forecast period we start, once again, with no strong systems impacting the Prairies. But, as we head into the weekend a strong area of low pressure is forecasted to develop over the western U.S. This low will impact our region over the weekend, but how and where is a little uncertain.
Prairie forecast: Where did the summer heat go?
Forecast issued June 11, covering June 11 to 18, 2025
Looking at the big picture we start this forecast period with a generally zonal flow across the Prairies as Arctic high pressure slides across the far northern Prairies and weak low pressure moves by to the south. This will bring sunny to partly cloudy skies and near to slightly below-average temperatures.
Rain helpful, but drought persists in Saskatchewan
Topsoil moisture is unusually low at University of Saskatchewan site, east of Saskatoon
The good news for farmers in Saskatchewan’s northern grain belt is that showers are forecast over the Father’s Day weekend.
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Seeding to be completed next week
Crop progress stands at 88 per cent
Warm and windy conditions allowed Saskatchewan growers to plant 88 per cent of projected acres as of May 28.
Drought developing in northern Saskatchewan agricultural region
Almost no rain has fallen since April 1 in Nipawin and Prince Albert
In the 30 days of April, Nipawin received one millimetre of precipitation. In the first 27 days of May, the Environment Canada weather station in Nipawin recorded 1.5 mm of rain and snow.
Hot, dry summer expected
Precipitation forecast up in the air; more confidence in temperature prediction
Precipitation is expected to be below normal in the May-June-July period for much of the Prairie region except for eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba, where it should be normal.
There are many types of precipitation
This week we are going to look at the different types of precipitation we experience and examine how each type forms.
Prairie soil moisture conditions not a concern
Subsoil moisture levels are still dry in some areas, but the forecast for spring and early summer weather is neutral
There are a number of uncertainties going into the 2025 planting season, but soil moisture levels aren’t a concern at the moment. That’s one positive factor for the production outlook in 2025.
Most precipitation comes from cold clouds
There are several types of icy precipitation, but it all begins with the process that creates precipitation in cold clouds. In our part of the world, it is the predominant method of precipitation formation, summer or winter. We’ve all experienced freezing rain, which occurs when temperatures fall slightly below freezing. When you drop cold water […] Read more
