Saskatoon sees return of normal winter conditions [Video]

Despite a strong start to winter with heavy snowfall and cold temperatures, December saw not much snow and mild temperatures into the Christmas holiday.

Environment and Climate Change Canada says the average daytime highs over the last 30 years for the Saskatoon, Prince Albert and Battleford regions are near minus 10, so the warm years are usually matched by cold ones.

“In 2021, we were minus 22 for this week, for that Christmas break week,” said Alysa Pederson, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. “This year we’re looking at minus five to zero, where we’re quite a lot above that normal of minus ten.”

Snowfall levels have been higher in 2024 than they were this time last year, says Pederson.

“Christmas day has kind of been a reference point, but generally speaking this year in Saskatoon we had 28 centimetres [of snowfall],” she said. “Compare that to last year …