Extreme Temperature Weather Notification:
- Above normal temperatures are forecast to return to Manitoba starting on Friday this week 21 July 2023;
- Conditions will be close to or at warning criteria starting as early as Saturday 22 July 2023 for most of the province – the Hudson Bay coast will be spared the hot temperatures;
- Some models suggest these hot conditions will continue in the north to Wednesday 26 July, and in the south regions to 31 July 2023.
Heat Event Threshold for southern Manitoba: Issued when 2 or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach 32°C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to fall to 16°C or warmer. Or issued when 2 or more consecutive days of humidex values are expected to reach 38 or higher.
Please see https://weather.gc.ca/forecast/canada/index_e.html?id=mb for the public forecast and https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html for alerts in effect.