Minnedosa Tribune
BITTER COLD
DARRELL NESBITT/MINNEDOSA TRIBUNE
Multiple layers of winter clothing was required to walk even a short distance within the community on the morning of Friday, Jan. 16, as the bitter cold had residents walking a little quicker, including this gentleman walking over the bridge on Minnedosa’s Main Street. Despite the temperatures, it’s business as usual in the valley, no matter if the requirement is a walk to work, shoveling the driveway, or fueling up with a tank of gas.
Region hit with relentless winter weather
The Farmers’ Almanac was bang on with its forecast for the 2025/26 winter season, “Chill, Snow, Repeat”
RACHEAL FLINTOFT
Minnedosa Tribune
“I told you so”, if pages could talk, you’d hear the Farmers’ Almanac mumbling this statement.
While mainstream weather models hinted at a milder season, the centuries-old publication laid out a stark, three-word warning for the 2025/26 season – “Chill, Snow, Repeat.”
If you feel like you have spent more time behind a shovel than a steering wheel since December, you aren’t imagining it. Across the region, locals have undergone an unbelievable stretch of weather that began with a volatile end to 2025 that slammed into a continuation in 2026.
While many residents look for a January thaw to break up the season, the publication warned that any relief would be short-lived. Its forecast specifically stated that for the prairies, “Arctic air is expected to dominate in January and February,” bringing with it “prolonged deep freezes” and “dangerous wind chills.”
For those in the region currently staring at six-foot snow drifts and ice-covered highways, that prediction has proven to be an accurate, if unwelcome, spoiler alert. Since the start of December, the region has been hammered by significant accumulation, beginning with a major storm on Dec. 9
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that dumped between 15 to 20 centimeters (cm) of snow locally. Since that first taste of winter, January has already added another 24 cm of new snowfall, pushing our regional totals well above the historical average of 15 cm for this time of year.
