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Enjoying the outdoors might be the way to close out the year with a warm-up in Saskatchewan, after a stretch of bitterly cold temperatures.
Environment Canada is calling for temperature highs in the minus single digits on Monday and Tuesday across much of the province, including in Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Prince Albert, North Battleford, Kindersley, Estevan and Weyburn.
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“Not overly cold in the southern half of the province,” said Meteorologist Stephen Berg.
“It looks to be anywhere from a high of about -3 C to or even closer to 0 C in the west between Maple Creek and Kindersley, and then into the mid-minus teens, so -14 C to -16 C or so for overnight lows.”
In the Regina area, Berg said some scattered flurries are expected over the next few days, with a couple of centimetres of snow expected to fall by the end of the calendar year.
He said it’s a similar story in Saskatoon, with flurries and periods of snow.
“In terms of the snowfall amounts, we might get a little bit more, maybe in the two to five centimeter range (or as much as two inches) by Thursday morning,” explained Berg.
“That’s kind of a general picture for the southern half of the province anyway.”
Berg said both the Queen City and the Bridge City could see some freezing rain on Monday evening.
“That would be something to watch out for if you’re travelling,” he said.
“It doesn’t look to be all that much freezing rain, but there’s a chance of it, and that might lead to a bit of icy surfaces in some places.”
Berg added that wind gusts up to 50 km/h, on top of some light snow, are expected from North Battleford down to Estevan on Monday evening.
“There doesn’t appear to be (any blizzard conditions). Might have some limited visibility at times, but it doesn’t appear to be anything too worrisome, but it’s something for people to at least have in their minds that is a possibility.”
To ring in the new year, Berg said many areas, including Saskatoon and Regina, are set to cool down slightly.
“Certainly looks to be relatively pleasant up to New Year’s Eve, and then starts to cool off some more by the end of the week.”
As for New Year’s Day, Regina is calling for a high of -10 C, and Saskatoon is expected to get to a high of around -11 C.
Berg said further south in Saskatchewan is expected to be slightly warmer on the first day of 2026 compared to our two major cities, whereas it is expected to be a bit cooler further north, around Prince Albert.
