The last month of the year brought some ideal conditions for Christmas with warmer and snowier weather.
Conditions did sometimes dip below the seasonal average but that was not the norm, explains Environment Canada meteorologist Danielle Desjardins.
"We've recorded temperatures that are warmer than normal, anywhere from 0.7° above normal in Regina. To 2.7° above normal in La Ronge, so it was another warm December."
"However, it was not as warm as last December, so that would have been December 2023. That was the warmest December on record for many of the stations over Saskatchewan, and they ranged anywhere from about 7 to 9 degrees above normal."
Snowfall was also above average for Estevan, though a few other areas saw a good bit less moisture.
"For precipitation, many of those stations recorded above normal precipitation for the month of December, um, with the exception of a few. The driest station was a Prince Albert they only recorded 42% of their average precipitation for the month, which put them at the 19th driest December on record."
Estevan, 120 per cent of their normal. For Estevan, that was the 37th wettest. So none of the stations reported anywhere in the top 10. So kind of more of an average December for precipitation for most stations."