Environment Canada

The temperature during the month of January was a roller-coaster but precipitation was easier to track since there wasn’t much. Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says the month started colder than average followed by multiple days of back-and-forth changes in temperature.  Despite that, Desjardins says the monthly averages at some weather stations including Moose Jaw, Regina, […]

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a snowfall warning for the southern and east-central regions of the province. Environment Canada says a system tracking from the Montana/Wyoming border is moving eastward, bringing with it between 10-20 cm of snow in affected areas. ECCC Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says heavier amounts will fall around Regina, Moose […]

Weather in the last month of 2024 for Saskatchewan brought a mixture of freezing rain and snow as well as cold and warm temperatures. Environment Canada Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins says December started colder than normal before warm Pacific air came through to bring temperatures up. The cold returned in the middle of the month then […]

Happy Birthday, Celsius! Environment Canada’s use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025.  It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt every day. Canadians wear clothes measured in inches and buy gas by the litre. They drink from […]

Saskatchewan is ending 2024 on a better note than it began. Monthly weather stats from Environment Canada showed January flip-flopped from very cold to warm, February was warmer and drier than normal, leaving little to no snow before warming up in March. May and June had lots of much-needed rain for producers after a dry […]

As the old Saskatchewan saying states “if you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes,” and Canadians saw a lot of wild weather changes in 2024. Mother Nature appeared temperamental as she dropped tons of rain on BC, unseasonably cold on the prairies in the spring, and intense heat in July and August that […]

October was a warm and dry month, according to monthly weather statistics from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says most weather stations in Saskatchewan reported temperatures one to three degrees above normal compared to previous October’s. Key Lake was the only spot to record its […]

September was warmer than normal and not a lot of rain fell except in the west-central and southwest areas of Saskatchewan. The monthly weather stats from Environment Canada show much of September was above average for temperatures. Danielle Desjardins, a Meteorologist at the national weather office, says all weather stations were in the top 5 […]

Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful provinces in Canada is Newfoundland and Labrador with thousands of tourists flocking to “the rock” every year to see its iconic fjords, bays, colourful homes, and experience that east coast hospitality. A mystery has befallen the province, however, and it’s gaining international attention because of it. Strange, white blobs […]

This year saw more tornado activity compared to the yearly average for Saskatchewan. Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang says there were 17 tornadoes recorded compared to one in 2023, above the yearly average of 14. She noted two tornadoes were considered an EF-1 and the rest were EF-0’s. “I think if you asked people on […]