Tag: cold

Saskatoon weather outlook: -20 to -30 wind chills return

Source: Peter Quinlan, Global News, November 6, 2017 Another polar plunge ahead, but there is some relief on the way! After a frigid weekend daytime highs barely into minus single digits and wind chills down to -32 as temperatures dipped to -24 Sunday morning, a slight improvement has moved in for the work week. Cloudy skies… Continue reading Saskatoon weather outlook: -20 to -30 wind chills return

Winter forecast: More snow in Ontario and Quebec, ‘dangerous’ cold in Prairies

Source: CTV News, October 19, 2017  AccuWeather has bad news for Canada this winter. The U.S.-based weather forecasting service says the upcoming season will be snowier in central Canada and much colder than usual in the West. “We are expecting anywhere from 10 to 50 per cent higher-than-normal snowfall across a good part of Ontario, especially central-southern… Continue reading Winter forecast: More snow in Ontario and Quebec, ‘dangerous’ cold in Prairies

Book Club: Frankenstein’s Summer of 1816

As the summer days start to dwindle down, you will find me crying into the last of my sangria, but, I guess, things could be worse. Imagine if we had just experienced the summer of 1816; this was the summer when a volcanic eruption disrupted global weather patterns so much it caused excessive rain, frost, and… Continue reading Book Club: Frankenstein’s Summer of 1816

Major storm to bring snow, freezing rain to eastern Canada

Monday, February 15, 2016, 7:46 AM – A messy Monday night and Tuesday morning is ahead for Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, courtesy of a winter storm taking aim at the region. Winter storm watches are in effect for eastern Ontario and parts of southern Quebec, with major snowfall possible in the worst areas, and… Continue reading Major storm to bring snow, freezing rain to eastern Canada

Extreme cold gripping Central, Eastern Canada

Cold alerts in several provinces warn against spending too much time outdoors Extreme cold is affecting Central Canada and parts of Eastern Canada, with temperatures feeling like -30 to -45 C with the wind chill. Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and eastern Newfoundland all have cold alerts in areas. Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Fredericton were… Continue reading Extreme cold gripping Central, Eastern Canada

Extreme cold descends on parts of Saskatchewan

Cold spot this morning was Key Lake: –43C Saskatchewan people hoping for more mild weather got a wake-up call this morning. Environment Canada issued extreme cold weather warnings for a number of communities in the north and east-central parts of the province. The cold spot in the pre-dawn hours was Key Lake, where it dipped… Continue reading Extreme cold descends on parts of Saskatchewan

Mother and daughter survive night in extreme temperatures after crash

A story of survival in southwestern Manitoba, as a mother and daughter injured in a car crash spent the night outside in frigid temperatures as they waited for help. Sunday night in the area of Boissevain and Killarney, we’re told Kristen Hiebert and her four-year-old daughter Avery slid off the road and rolled down an… Continue reading Mother and daughter survive night in extreme temperatures after crash

Sask. sets new single-day record for natural gas use as temperatures plummet

Saskatchewan set a new single-day record for natural gas use as temperatures plunged over the weekend. SaskEnergy says 1.29 petajoules of natural gas was delivered to its customers during a 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday. That’s a two per cent increase over the previous record of 1.27 petajoules a day, which was set on… Continue reading Sask. sets new single-day record for natural gas use as temperatures plummet