The Thanksgiving snowstorm that pummeled Dauphin and the rest of the southern part of the province was ranked #3 on the list of the top weather stories of 2019 by Environment Canada's chief meteorologist.
The storm resulted in the affected areas being locked in a standstill, and left thousands of Manitobans without power for days.
Environment Canada’s chief meteorologist David Phillip ranked the storm on his annual list of weird and wacky weather events of the previous calendar year.
Phillips said that he could have made a list of just Manitoba stories.
He added that on top of the immediate impacts of the snowstorm, the long term effects like the knocked out Hydro lines, halted harvest operations, and knocked over trees, made the story notable.
Another unfortunate weather phenomenon that Manitobans had to face ranked at #6- the horrible growing conditions that producers had to face.
It was so dry in the summer that by the fall, that RM’s in the Parkland and the Interlake declared states of agricultural disaster, due to the lack of feed.
Then the end of the growing season was overwhelmingly wet, resulting in delayed harvest, and damage to crops.
In his report, Phillips says that Winnipeg had the driest January to June on record, and the wettest fall on record.
He added that it was hard to narrow down a list of 10 big weather stories, as extremes in weather are becoming more and more common.
