The temperature in La Ronge, however, will drop to -30 C by Sunday. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

weather update

Fall fourth warmest on record in La Ronge

Dec 2, 2021 | 12:47 PM

It was the fourth warmest fall on record in the tri-communities.

Data released Wednesday by Environment and Climate Change Canada shows the average temperature in September, October and November was 4 C. The normal average out of 56 years of recording keeping for those three months is 1.2 C.

This past summer in La Ronge was the warmest ever on record with an average of 17.5 C compared to a long-range average of 16 C.

“We saw some quite warm temperatures in the summer as well and that just kind of continued through the fall,” Meteorologist Terri Lang said. “We were treated to a very nice fall. It was quite a quiet fall with respect to the weather. There wasn’t a lot of weather patterns moving through, not a lot of early snowfalls, no big windstorms, nothing like that.”

Lang explained the summer and fall months were also rather dry, which contributed to the wildfires that occurred later than usual. It was the 12^th driest fall in La Ronge.

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“Most places in the province were above average in respect to temperature and drier than average,” she said. “The closer to the northeast of the province the warmer it actually got because the arctic was way above average this fall, alarmingly so. The sea ice isn’t forming properly like it normally does and that has led to some more problems. The farther north you got, the warmer it actually got.”

Residents in the tri-communities can expect a big dip in temperature in the coming days. While Thursday is forecasted to reach a high of -2 C, the temperature will fall to -22 C during the day on Sunday and -30 C at night. Snow is also expected this weekend with a 60 per cent chance of flurries.

Lang noted residents should also check the Highway Hotline before travelling south on the weekend as a fairly strong system will move through the central part of the province.

“We will probably see some of the coldest temperatures that we’ve seen so far this season,” she said. “Folks should be ready for that. We’ve been quite spoiled with the weather and we really haven’t had to bundle up all that much.”

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

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