Insights and Stories on Temperatures

Prairies’ warmer spell to be usurped by arctic front

Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While the Prairies have so far this month experienced rather non-January-like temperatures, a cold front coming south from the Arctic will soon descend on the region, according to Scott Kehler, president and chief scientist of Weatherlogics in Winnipeg. “What we are seeing is a big change in the […]

Winter storm causes havoc across Canada

Dec. 23, 2022 at 8:25 pm CST

By Ismail Shakil Rod Nickel

Environment Canada sees ‘average’ Prairie winter ahead

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:44 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

La Nina set to continue for third year

Sep. 19, 2022 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairies’ high-pressure ridge should give way by mid-month

Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Scorching temperatures in the southern U.S. Plains are stressing cattle as well as crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans, meteorologists and traders said on Tuesday. Temperatures were forecast to reach 111 F (44 C) in parts of the Texas Panhandle, a core area for cotton […]

By Ashitha Shivaprasad Julie Ingwersen

Last year was world’s sixth-warmest on record, U.S. scientists say

Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:58 pm CST

Reuters — Last year ranked as the sixth-warmest year on record, causing extreme weather events around the world and adding to evidence supporting the globe’s long-term warming, according to an analysis on Thursday by two U.S. government agencies. The data compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]

By Reuters

La Niña likely to continue into spring, U.S. forecaster says

Jan. 13, 2022 at 3:43 pm CST

Reuters — La Nina conditions are likely to continue during the Northern Hemisphere spring, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Niña weather pattern, characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, has a 67 per cent chance of persisting from March through May this […]

By Reuters

La Niña introduces itself with Prairie cold snap

Jan. 7, 2022 at 9:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The frigid conditions which had enveloped the Prairie provinces in recent weeks is a sign La Niña has come again, according to a Kansas-based meteorologist. Since mid-December, the Prairies have been in a deep freeze beginning with temperatures at least 10 C below-normal. Since the holiday season, many […]

By Adam Peleshaty

La Nina done, U.S. CPC says

May. 13, 2021 at 3:32 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday La Nina has ended and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral conditions are likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere summer. “ENSO neutral” refers to periods in which neither El Nino nor La Nina is present, often coinciding with the transition […]

By Reuters