Summer returns to Winnipeg as hot and humid conditions move in to start the week.
Winnipeg will see hot and humid weather today with plenty of sunshine. The city will see a high near 29°C today with notable humidity developing for the afternoon. Dew point temperatures will rise to 19 to 20°C by the end of the day, making it feel quite muggy out. Winds will be relatively light today out of the southeast at 20 km/h.
Humid conditions will continue tonight, keeping temperatures warm. The city will see a low of just 20°C with a few clouds moving in.
The hot and humid weather continues on Tuesday with a high near 30°C and partly cloudy skies. Winds will be stronger, increasing out of the south to around 30 gusting 50 km/h by the end of the day. Temperatures will head to a low near 20°C again on Tuesday night under mixed skies.
The heat will finally break on Wednesday as a low pressure system moves through the region. As it moves through, it will bring mixed to cloudy skies with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Winds will shift westerly in the morning and increase to around 30 gusting 50 km/h. The humidity will stay for much of the day with dew points remaining in the upper teens. A cold front will push through on Wednesday evening, bringing northwesterly winds to the region that will push the humidity out. Temperatures will dip to a low near 12°C.
The warm nights ahead won’t just be seasonably mild, they may end up being record breakers. New record warm minimum temperatures may be set for September 17 and 18th. If temperatures stay above 20°C on both days, it will easily beat the current records of 17.8°C (1946) and 15.6°C (1964) respectively.
Long Range Outlook
The second half of the week will continue to be seasonably warm with daytime highs in the mid-twenties. Humidity will return to the region on Friday ahead of a major low pressure system. Showers and thunderstorms will spread across southern Saskatchewan into Manitoba on Friday. Unsettled weather will move through the region on Saturday, followed by calmer conditions and seasonal temperatures on Sunday.
Today’s seasonal daytime high in Winnipeg is 18°C while the seasonal overnight low is 6°C.
