The Canadian Press: Minus 45 C wind chills grip the prairies, Saskatchewan digging out from storm

UNDATED — Snow drifts and wind chills as cool as -45 are gripping the Prairie provinces where travel warnings are in effect in some areas and plows are trying to clear up to 25 centimetres of new snow in southern Saskatchewan.

The Clinton Herald, Clinton, Iowa - Snow and cold winter temperatures hit hard in ’08

For the first time since 2004, there were no 90-degree temperatures reported during the month of June. This was the sixth June in the last 50 years to not have a single 90-degree day. The month of July followed the same suit, being the fourth July in the last 50 years to have no 90-degree days.

The first 90-degree temperature for the summer came on Aug. 4. The temperature was reached again on Sept. 2. The Sept. 2 and Aug. 4 temperatures of 90 degrees were the year’s highest temperature. Blaess said a year typically has 18, 90-degree days, while this year had only two.

Blaess said the winter months saw a trend of colder temperatures. A record low of -17 chilled the Gateway area on Jan. 24. This temperature beat the 1936 record of -16. The month of February was the fourth one on record that did not have a 40-degree temperature since 1892. Area residents had to bundle up during December since it was the 18th coldest December since 1879.

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