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It's the middle of November, and there is still no snow in the forecast for southwest Saskatchewan.
The abnormal stretch continues, as normally by this time of year snow would have blanketed the prairies. However, Environment and Climate Change Canada still has no word of blizzards, snowstorms, or even a skiff of snow.
Meteorologist for ECCC, Kyle Ziolkowski, predicts southeast Saskatchewan may get a little bit of winter weather but isn't holding out much hope. Even if a few centimetres of snow does fall, the forecast isn't in favour of it lasting.
"With the temperatures continuing to be warm into next week, whether some of that snow even sticks and stays is of question," said Ziolkowski.
He confirmed that this lack of frozen precipitation means that the prairies are once again plagued with drought. This comes after a 2024 spring that saw rain virtually every other day, which hit totals of over 107 millimetres in major centres during June.
Now, Ziolkowski is worried that groundwater levels will be impacted by the lack of snow.
"The snow we get over winter definitely helps feed into the groundwater situation and fill up reservoirs for spring and summer," said Ziolkowski. "With the lack of snowfall as it is right now, it's only going to contribute to making that drought situation even worse.
"There's really not any large systems on the horizon that will provide a big dump of snow. It's been a really abnormal fall.
Historically, Saskatchewan as a whole has averaged 40 centimetres of snow in November.