Prince Albert area receives cold shoulder from Mother Nature
The Prince Albert area experienced a colder, wetter September, according to the latest data from Environment Canada.
The average temperature last month was 6.2 Celsius, almost four degrees colder than the historical average. In terms of precipitation, the Prince Albert area received 45.8 mm, compared to the historical average of 43.4. Meteorologist Natalie Hasell said it may have felt like a lot more.
“It was dry basically from April through to the end of August, and that’s true for pretty much everywhere in the prairies,” she said. “It may felt like a lot more than normal because we had so little in recent memory.”
Looking ahead to the month of October, Hasell said people in the Prince Albert area can expect below normal temperatures for this week and the week after. Daytime highs are not expected to exceed 13 C with overnight lows of -1 C or less.