By News Talk Radio Staff

Temperatures to plunge across Saskatchewan in coming week

Dec 28, 2014 | 7:36 AM

A mild Saskatchewan December is in for a frosty finale as another blast of Arctic air makes its way through the province.

A low pressure system over the Arctic is pushing cold air south towards Saskatchewan. The sun will shine, but temperatures are set to plunge across the province with wind chills blowing to minus 40 Saturday night. 

“We’ll see some moderation for Tuesday and Wednesday but there is another larger area of cold air that’s lurking in the Arctic which is going to come plunging southward next weekend,” Environment Canada meterologist Mike MacDonald said. 

The normal high for this time of the year is -10 C but MacDonald said the province won’t see the mercury rise that high for a while. Environment Canada predicts the average daytime highs will be -19 C with lows averaging -25 C.

The lows, however, are not expected to break any records. 

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“Records this time of year are below -40 C so we aren’t expecting to break any record cold temperatures, it will just be well below normal,” MacDonald said.

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