Water runs in a ditch next to some melting snow on a sunny day.

Crunching the winter weather data

The end of March is also the end of the extended winter season across the prairies, so it is also time to look back and see how all the numbers added up and compare over the winter.


The wing of an aircraft with several burning "tubes" dispersing silver iodide - otherwise known as "cloud seeding."

Weather warfare – fact or fiction

Over the years, the idea of trying to control the weather has fascinated both scientists and the public alike. The reality of weather modification is both interesting and complex.




A cow watches. closely as her calf runs through the snow during a spring snow storm.

Spring weather can be tough to forecast

Spring weather across our region is mostly caused by the battle between two air masses — one cold and to our north, and the other warm and to our south — and they are both at their strongest relative to each other at this time of the year.



Matt Makens of Makens Weather gives his detailed weather predictions for 2025 and beyond for beef producers at the Alberta Beef Conference in Calgary.

Transition to drought expected to be swifter this year

Fractions of a degree of change in ocean tempartures impacts weather patterns for ag producers in caring for their livestock and crops

Agriculture across the globe is closely linked to La Niña and El Niño when it comes to setting the weather stage for the next growing season.

A tractor with a large, front-mounted snowblower throws snow high into the air as it clears a road.

Early spring can mean big snowfalls

Every year I receive a couple of emails about spring snowstorms and hear conversations about it. I’m always surprised that most people do not know that March and April have recorded most of the biggest snowstorms across the Prairies.