3:40 p.m. CST Sunday 9 February 2025
Extreme Cold Warning in effect for:A prolonged period of very cold wind chills is expected.
A multi-day extreme cold event begins overnight tonight for southern Saskatchewan. Overnight low temperatures near minus 30 with winds up to 15 km/h will produce extremely cold wind chill values nearing minus 45 tonight.
Wind chills will moderate slightly during the day, but will return to extreme values Monday night to southeastern portions of the province.
Extreme cold puts everyone at risk.
Risks are greater for young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people working or exercising outdoors, and those without proper shelter.
Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with wind chill.
If itīs too cold for you to stay outside, itīs too cold for your pet to stay outside.
Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to SKstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #SKStorm.