We may not reach record highs this week, but the prairies will be warm. And, there are some signs that snowier weather may be on the way. The day by day outlook for prairie weather this week is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

At a time when it should be freezing cold, its thawing warm. And it will stay warm through the weekend. But...is it too much of a good thing? An updated prairie weather outlook is online now at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Alberta sizzles, Manitoba fizzles, and Saskatchewan's in the mizzle*. No one said life was fair. What about snow? Or even rain? The outlook for this week's Canadian prairie weather is at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... * made-up word

Calgary has just come through an extraordinarily warm and dry January. The average temperature (-2.8) was 4.8 degrees above the long term mean. Precipitation (6.5 mm) was only 65 percent of the long term average. Temperature graph courtesy NOAA Climate Prediction Center.

Want a warm weekend? Then, you want to be in southern Alberta with double digit highs. Beneficial snow is expected for the eastern prairies. The midweek weather update for the prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Alberta thaws, Saskatchewan warms, Manitoba freezes, and no one’s getting much snow. The day-by-day, province by province outlook for the last week of January at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Rapidly evolving on-field weather technology is transforming farms and ranches. Still, nothing replaces the human meteorologist. Here's a little thing I wrote for Rural Roots Canada on weather tech on the farm. www.ruralrootscanada.com/david-spence...

Temps near -40, wind chill near -50 - Dangerously cold weather continues into the weekend for the eastern prairies, while parts of Alberta may get a bit more snow. A province by province, day by day update can be found at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Southern Alberta stays dry as snow and dangerously cold weather hit the eastern prairies this week. The province by province day to day outlook is at Rural Roots Canada. Stay warm, stay safe, stay up to date. The cold, hard facts: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Drought conditions have eased across the prairies, but the majority of agricultural lands remiain either abnormally dry or in drought. An updated Canadian Drought Monitor was released this week, showing December rain was quite helpful in many areas: www.ruralrootscanada.com/december-sno...

Double digit high temperatures for Alberta. Double digit snow accumulations for Manitoba. A weekend of weather extremes on the Canadian Prairies! At least until the pattern changes on Sunday. The updated midweek weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

January thaw! Very warm (good thing?). Very dry (not so good). This week's prairie weather outlook....province by province, day by day, at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

The January Thaw arrives early this year, and the weekend will be warm. No snow on the way for areas with no snow on the ground. Warm and dry for the rest of us, too. The weekend' weather outlook for the Canadian Prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

A parade of systems continues to bring light snow to the central and northern prairies.. There's no snow on the ground in much of the southern prairies, and this week, that won't change. The day by day outlook for the prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

What happens when sunlight refracts against ice particles? Sun dogs, 22⁰ Halo and Circumzenithal arc and more!! Incredible 360 view of the ice particles! Please share and follow! 😊🎉 #Manitoba #Canada #winter #amazing #skyporn #sky #sundogs #HappyNewYear #rainbow #weather youtube.com/shorts/YxDXc...

2025 was warmer and slightly wetter than average in #Calgary. The avg temp in 2025 was 5.6, compared to the long term average of 4.5. #yyc had 471.5 mm of precipitation. The long term average is 445.4. (Preliminary numbers) The chart from NOAA shows warmer vs. colder than avg days in 2025.

A forecast for New Year's eve, an outlook for the REST OF THE WINTER, and the usual weekly weather outlook for the Canadian Prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abstorm #mbstorm #skstorm #happynewyear #2026

CHRISTMAS WEEK WEATHER ON THE PRAIRIES. Travel plans? There may be weather related disruptions. Cold? For most of us, yes. And, not everyone on the prairies will have a white Christmas. The update's at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

A cold, snowy, and sometimes stormy weekend ahead for the prairies. Except for one part of Alberta. Province by province, day by day details in today's Prairie Weather midweek update at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

More cold, snowy, disruptive weather for the prairies. Chinooks in southern Alberta. Update on prairie drought, and latest La Nina projection. Prairie weather outlook for this week at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

It's cold across the prairies. Not for long! Arctic air dominates now (Thursday), and overnight wind chills could push -40. But the weekend will be warmer, and by Sunday, much warmer. The updated outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Brrrrr. Winterrrrr. Cold, snowy weather grips the prairies this week, though brief chinooks will give a few breaks from the cold in southern Alberta. They will also cause strong wind, perhaps dangerously strong. Read all about it at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

An active winter weather pattern is developing. For the eastern prairies, some of the coldest weather of the season. For Alberta, snow to the north, and chinooks to the south. Update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Warm and cold, rain and snow, chinooks and frost, freeze and thaw. A typical start to December on the prairies. Check out this week’s prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx. #abstotm #skwx #skstorm #mbwx #mbstorm

More SNOW for southern Alberta. And for the rest of the prairies, it's a cold weekend ahead. The setup for snow Thursday night and Friday is similar to what we had earlier this week. S Shovel and plow. An updated outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Snow! Twice! This week! Cold, too. It took a while, but winter weather has arrived on the southern prairies. Shovels, plows, coats, gloves, weather warnings, soothing warm beverages….you know the drill. Details at Rural Roots Canada. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

I know....it's Friday, and you don't want to think about Monday, but.... Heads up for southern Albertans.....Monday will be snowy. Not a lot, 5-10 cm, but the first significant snow of the year is never fun on the roads. #yyc #abstorm Image from pivotalweather.com.

Ah! Well, nevertheless

A change to colder, snowier weather is ahead. For many of us across the prairies, this'll be the weekend to finish up outdoor chores. The midweek update to our weather outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abstorm #skstorm #mbstorm #abwx #skwx #mbwx

When bad weather is a good thing. Can the polar vortex rescue us from drought? Yes, cold weather arrives later this month, but this week's mild and, for the most part, dry. This week's prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Dry. So dry. The latest Canadian Drought Monitor shows 82 percent of the Canadian prairies is abnormally dry or in drought. A healthy snowpack and spring rains have rarely been so important as they are this season. www.ruralrootscanada.com/heading-into... #drought #farm #prairiedrought

20 degrees ....in November??!! Can't rule that out, as mild November weather continues across the southern prairies through the weekend. Up north...a different colder, snowier story. The midweek prairie weather outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Wintry weather remans in hiding for most of the prairies this week. Some areas will get rain, not snow. Other areas could see temperatures in the high teens, maybe even 20. What's going on at your place? The outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Across the prairies, it'll either feel like winter, or feel like summer. Big weather differences over space and time, thanks to the continuing parade of Alberta clippers. Find the parade route, and the weekend outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Honoured to emcee the Alberta–NWT Royal Canadian Legion’s Remembrance Day Ceremony, the largest indoor service in Calgary, at the Jubilee Auditorium. We must never forget the sacrifices that secured our freedom. We will remember them. 🌺 #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget

Sure sign of winter....Alberta Clippers! This week, it's one after another. Some of us will get snow, and some of us will get nothing. An explanation, complete with colourful charts, is here, at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abstorm #skstorm #mbstorm

Halloween's warm! The weekend's even warmer! Record high temperatures are possible for parts of the prairies this weekend. But it will be windy. Very windy. An updated prairie weather outlook for the weekend at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

This week: Snow in the north. Dry in the south. This week's prairie weather update is at Rural Roots Canada. Most importantly....will the kids need to wear coats over their Halloween costumes? Is the forecast a trick or a treat? www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Sunny, dry, and warm across the prairies through the weekend. Somewhere, sometime, some day this weekend, someone may experience a 20 degree day. The Midweek weather update has been posted to Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Weather ups and downs this week: AB & SK - tempeature's up, soil moisture's down. Manitoba - clouds are up, rain's coming down. Check out this week's prairie weather outlook, and be down with what's up. #abwx #abstorm #skwx #skstorm #mbwx #mbstorm www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Alberta gets a chinook this weekend. Saskatchewan has typical fall weather. Manitoba gets rain. And more rain. And more rain. And, there's also some snow in the midweek weather update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

It's Thanksgiving Monday! Is this week's outlook a turkey? If so, tell me to stuff it. Eventually, it'll be as warm as gravy. There is a 100% chance of leftovers. Feast your eyes on this week's prairie weather outlook. You're welcome. www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #reallybadpost

RAIN! SNOW! Just as travellers travel and farmers farm over the Thanksgiving weekend, the prairies get hit with rain, snow, and strong wind. Nasty in places. A midweek weather update at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat... #abwx #abstorm #skwx #skstorm #mbwx #mbstorm

Never been a fan of quoting weather models in a forecast. The models say this, the models say that, blah blah blah. But this week, there was no way around it. The weekly weather outlook for the prairies at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

FROST! Alberta's first widespread frost ls likely this weekend for areas north of High River. And there will be rain in all three prairie provinces. The when and the why - at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

October...the month of harvest, Halloween, Oktoberfest, and....summer weather? The warm, dry weather pattern continues into October, with a few showery interruptions. This week's weather outlook for the prairies is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

We're starting to feel autumn's chill. Nights are cool, afternoon highs are sliding, but we still have the sun. And, for most of us, the sun will continue through the weekend. The province by province, day by day outlook is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Summer and winter….all during the first week of fall. Prairie highs could approach 30. Then it snows. In the mountains. The day by day, province by province prairie weather outlook for this week is at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

Summer sunshine stretches through the weekend in Alberta, expanding eastward. What it means for Friday and the weekend - the day to day province by province outlook at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...

As rain returns to the eastern prairies, Alberta has another dry week ahead. For the most part. Oh...and fog. Day by day details to help you plan your week...at Rural Roots Canada: www.ruralrootscanada.com/prairie-weat...