Weather is always a conversation starter for many in Saskatchewan. The province with “Land of Living Skies” written on its licence plate often makes that conversation easy – with severe, interesting or rare weather phenomenon occurring.
In 2024, two nearly back-to-back snowstorms and an ultra rare post Labour Day tornado are a couple weather stories that had people talking.
In no particular order, here’s CTV News Regina’s top weather stories of 2024.
Late season tornado
Once September arrives, it’s rare for tornadoes to make appearances in Saskatchewan. So rare that often news stories are published at the end of August tallying up how many confirmed twisters the province saw that summer.
On Sept. 18 though, a tornado was confirmed to have touched down near the community of Langbank, in the province’s southeast.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, (ECCC) it was the third latest in the province on record.