While it’s cooling down today, southern Saskatchewan has seen some unseasonably warm temperatures this fall.
“Most of the low-pressure systems have been tracking through the northern Prairies or even into the Territories, and that’s allowed for warm air to flood northward,” explained Chris Stammers, meteorologist with Environment Canada.
“That track has been very persistent over the last month or so, giving well-above normal temperatures to some in Saskatchewan for much of September and into the first half of October.”
While Moose Jaw did not break the 27.8-degree record yesterday, Stammers said we did reach 24.8 degrees. Normal for this time of year is around 11 degrees.
Records that were broken include:
Last Mountain Lake – 21.6 (breaking 19.5 set in 1986)
Lucky Lake – 23.2 (breaking 22.0 set in 1997)
Rockglen – 22.4 (breaking 20.8 set in 2023)
Wynyard – 22.6 (breaking 20.9 set in 1986)
Moose Jaw is cooling down with a cold front this morning. “That’s going to give pretty normal temperatures, I would say, for the next couple days. We’re looking at a high of 12 today and 13 tomorrow.”
He said when the weekend arrives, there will be another surge of air, with Saturday expected to reach 19 degrees, and Sunday and Monday expected to reach 21 degrees.
“I would just say to folks to get out and enjoy the mild temperatures as much as possible. We all know what’s coming as we get into certainly the end of October and November here.”