First Saskatchewan killer frost on the horizon
Global News
According to this week’s crop report, 95 per cent of harvest is finished province wide, ahead of the five-year average of 84 per cent.
After a hot and dry summer, the fall weather seems to be all over the place since the start of October.
For the past week, it has been nothing but heavy, dark clouds and rainfall in the Queen City.
But is this weather normal this time of year? According to Environment Canada, these conditions are nowhere out of the ordinary.
“Because we haven’t had any rain especially through the month of September and all of a sudden it started raining, I think people thought that that was unusual,” Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment Canada said.
What is unusual is the severe weather systems that have moved through the province, bringing thunderstorms and hail according to Lang.
But for those who like the cold, well, you might be in luck.
Lang said the recent rains are leading into the first killing frost of the fall season, as early as Thursday night.
“Temperatures are getting to be minus four, minus five and the temperatures in that range last a long time, so a few hours and that’s enough to kill most of the vegetation.”