It's been summer in September for the last few days, and Thursday was the hottest and windiest day so far this week.
Normals for the end of September are 17 degrees for daytime highs and 4 degrees overnight. Many locations were 12 to 15 degrees warmer than that yesterday.
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"The tight pressure gradient, or difference in pressure, between an area of blocking high pressure to our southeast and a low that was moving through the northern Prairies were responsible for the blustery conditions yesterday," explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. "Those strong, southerly wind gusts also helped push in the warmest air, so far, of this recent stretch. I suspect there were some new daytime high records set yesterday, and we'll know for sure when Environment Canada releases its weather summary for the day."
The following temperatures and wind gusts are courtesy the Manitoba Ag Weather Network and Environment Canada, and are for Thursday, September 26th:
Jordan - 31.6 and 60 km/h
Austin - 31.6 and 61 km/h
Carman - 31.4 and 44 km/h
Portage la Prairie - 31.1 and 57 km/h
Elm Creek - 30.8 and 65 km/h
Morden - 30.6 and 55 km/h
Fisher Branch - 30.5 and 56 km/h
Brunkild - 30.5 and 73 km/h
Winkler - 30.2 and 54 km/h
Pilot Mound - 29.9 and 71 km/h
Winnipeg airport - 29.9 and 69 km/h
Morris - 29.6 and 67 km/h
Manitou - 29.4 and 63 km/h
Steinbach - 29.0 and 52 km/h
Pattern change coming next week
Cooler, but still warmer than average temperatures Friday with highs around 23, alongside lots of sunshine and a light southwesterly breeze.
"A relatively weak cold front will move the area today, and that's why highs will be several degrees cooler than Thursday, but still a handful above average for the end of the month," Sumner added. "Temperatures will warm up back to the upper 20s for Saturday and Sunday, as a combination of a return to a strong southerly surface flow, and the Jet stream being to our north, allow for that."
As we get into the first days of October, it appears the end of the unseasonably warm weather will arrive.
"A low-pressure system crossing the Prairies will push a cold front through Manitoba Sunday night through Monday, and that will see daytime highs for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation slide to the 20 to 22 range," he said. "Beyond that, the combination of surface and upper-level lows over the region will bring the return of seasonal daytime highs by Tuesday, landing in the 15 to 17 range. Windy conditions Sunday and Monday are also likely as the lows move through."