The cold snap we are experiencing in Weyburn is something we haven’t seen in quite a while.  

After a rather mild start to the holiday season, temperatures plunged down to -26° early Monday morning, with the wind chill making it feel a lot colder. This is all due to an Arctic airmass that came into the region on the heels of the low-pressure system that brought us snow Saturday and Sunday, according to Robyn Dyck, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. 

“We had a pretty potent cold front that came in behind, and what followed is an Arctic ridge of high pressure that basically came from the Yukon,” she explained.  

The temperatures will continue to drop to the -20° or colder mark overnight for the next few days, with daytime highs still below normal, hovering around -14°. There is a touch of a warm-up expected in the coming days, though. 

“We have a system that’s going to track across the northern Prairies,” Dyck said, noting that it will bring some precipitation. The majority of the precipitation is expected in the central parts of Saskatchewan, but the forecast is calling for some snow in the Weyburn area on Wednesday. 

This system will also bring a drastic warm-up, with temperatures getting close to the 0° mark from Wednesday on.  

You can get all the details on what we can expect when it comes to the weather by visiting the Discover Weyburn Weather page.