For the fourth day in a row, an extreme cold warning is in effect for not just Weyburn, but the entire province. Temperatures again plunged into the –30s overnight, and the wind chills down to the –40s. There were even reports of wind chills in the –50s in some parts of the province.  

Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Eric Dykes said we can expect the extreme cold to stick around for much of the workweek, with the mercury having trouble getting anywhere close to the normal daytime high of -7° for this time of year.  

“We’re looking at highs that are struggling to get to the mid -20° mark for daytime highs, and every night coming back down to lows somewhere in the neighbourhood of –30,” Dykes explained. This will result in the extreme cold warnings likely sticking around for a few days more, as they are issued when the temperature or wind chill is expected to reach -40° for at least two hours. 

While it may feel like it is the coldest we have ever seen here in Weyburn, Dykes did point out that we have felt colder, as recently as two years ago. February 8th, 2019 was the coldest day ever recorded in Weyburn when the temperature, before the wind chill was factored in, reached –41.6°. In fact, February 2019 was the coldest February ever recorded in Weyburn. 

While things will be getting warmer by this weekend, it will still be below normal, with the temperatures getting up to around -16°. It could even be upwards of 10 to 14 more days before temperatures get back to normal or above, with no systems expected to come through to warm the prairies up in the coming days.