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Taking a Look at the Spring Forecast

The latest seasonal outlooks for Canada’s Prairies show a patchwork of temperature and precipitation signals across March‑May. While the Old Farmer’s Almanac and NOAA suggest near‑average warmth and rain, the CFS model leans toward a warm end‑March, cooler April, and a return to above‑average May, and the CanSIPS model predicts a cold March with gradual warming. Precipitation forecasts are largely near‑average, though the southern Prairies may see above‑average rain in April. The analyst prefers the CFS model but doubts its warm March projection.