Winter to Wait on the Sidelines as El Nino Extends Fall: The Weather Network Outlook
It's shaping up to be a mild fall across much of Canada, The Weather Network's forecast suggests, with a potentially historic El Nino expected to prolong the season and delay winter's arrival. By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press It’s shaping up to be a mild fall across much of Canada, The Weather Network’s forecast suggests, with a potentially historic El Nino expected to prolong the season and delay winter’s arrival. September and October will still bring the usual swings between warm spells and bursts of chilly, stormy weather, the network’s three-month outlook says. But the balance is expected to trend milder and, in many regions, drier than normal as the season progresses, said senior meteorologist Doug Gillham. “Winter is probably going to wait on the sidelines for a while,” he said in an interview. The main reason is El Nino, the climate phenomenon tied to shifting patches of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, Gillham said. Several forecasters suggest this could be among the strongest El Ninos on record. The global weather disrupter is set to spike temperatures, already elevated due to human-caused climate change, further raising the risk of serious floods, drought and extreme heat in some regions into 2027. While there will be catastrophic impacts globally, it’s “not all doom and gloom for the fall in Canada,” said Gillham.
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- Manitoba, Canada
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- 10 Sep 2026
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