Like the last few months, November was warmer than normal in Saskatchewan.
Every Environment Canada weather station recorded temperatures between 1.9 and 3.2 degrees above average for the month. Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins said an upper ridge bringing warm Pacific air contributed to the warm weather.
Desjardins says the averages could have been higher if it weren't for the cold weather moving in around November 26 and 27.
"It was a very abrupt change, pretty drastic change going from well above normal to well below normal but it looks like winter is here to stay now." she said.
With the warm weather was the lack of precipitation in some areas. La Ronge, Yorkton, and Swift Current were below 50 per cent of normal precipitation for the month, while Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Moose Jaw, Key Lake, and Estevan were above 50 per cent and Meadow Lake and Prince Albert got more than 100 per cent of normal precipitation.
Desjardins noted a weather system around November 7 brought plenty of snowfall, resulting in Meadow Lake having 21.1 millimetres (mm) for the month, 126 per cent of normal, and Prince Albert recording 23.4 mm for November, which is 146 per cent of normal.
Looking ahead, Desjardins says in the next week to expect multiple chances of snow but in small amounts of two centimetres each time and "a little bit of a roller coaster with the temperatures."
Desjardins is also expecting La Nina conditions for the winter season.
