Insights and Stories on Precipitation

Seasonal forecast calls for more snow

Dec. 1, 2020 at 4:38 am CST

MarketsFarm — Most of Canada should see above-normal snowfall over the next three months, according to updated seasonal forecasts released Monday from Environment Canada. Weather maps show a 40 to 60 per cent probability of more precipitation than normal across much of the country from December through February, with the […]

La Nina to bring colder, drier winter

Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:57 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Most of Prairies to see little rain

Aug. 12, 2020 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA’s July WASDE has little effect on markets

Jul. 10, 2020 at 3:41 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Burnett on Markets: Weather woes span the Prairies

Apr. 9, 2020 at 2:27 pm CDT

By Bruce Burnett

Cold spring weather expected for Prairies

Apr. 8, 2020 at 7:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Temperatures in the Prairie provinces are expected to be colder than average this spring. “There’s no indication that temperatures will be above normal,” said Bruce Burnett, director of markets and weather for MarketsFarm in Winnipeg. Low temperatures will likely cause issues for seeding in areas of the Prairies […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Average Prairie heat, more rain in summer forecast

Feb. 16, 2020 at 12:39 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s Prairies should see higher-than-normal precipitation and generally average temperatures during the 2020 growing season, according to a forecast from Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. Speaking Thursday at CropConnect in Winnipeg, Kehler said “there’s not really a strong pattern one way or the other” when it comes to the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Variable Prairie weather makes for uncertain spring ahead

Jan. 22, 2020 at 6:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Late-season rains wreaked havoc on the 2019 harvest season but were helpful in restoring topsoil moisture to key growing regions in the Prairies. Since snow coverage has been variable across the Prairies so far in 2020, however, the growing season may get off to a rocky start. “If […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Wet fall raises risk of Manitoba spring flood

Oct. 12, 2019 at 12:58 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s Red River Valley is very wet heading into the winter freeze, but it’s still too early to say if the saturated soils will lead to flooding in the spring, according to provincial forecasters. The Manitoba government on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of opening the Red River […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Prairie drought reaches tipping point

Jun. 19, 2019 at 11:34 am CDT

MarketsFarm — The Prairie provinces have been under the influence of a large ridge of high pressure for a number of weeks, which has produced prolonged dryness with little precipitation. That high pressure system has pushed low-pressure, precipitation-carrying systems to the south, where the U.S. Midwest has already received significant […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm