Manitoba weather: Snow arrives in the south [Video]

It’s finally happened.

Light snow is falling early Wednesday afternoon in parts of southern Manitoba courtesy of a low over North Dakota.

Late this morning, fog and mist turned briefly to light snow in Brandon before returning to mist.

Flakes also flew until early this afternoon in Dauphin before ending there.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Brandon and Dauphin’s snowfall was the first of the season recorded at those weather stations.

Before Wednesday, the last recorded snowfall at both stations was May 24, 2024.

With no snow so far this season in Winnipeg, the latest the city has gone in any year on record without a recorded snowfall of at least 0.2 cm was on Nov. 22, 2016.

The last time snow was recorded at the ECCC station at the Winnipeg International Airport was on April 20, 2024.

As anticipated, widespread fog blanketed much of southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg and …