Windsor basks in record-high temperatures, but they won't last for long
Windsorites enjoyed record-setting weather Sunday with the temperature rising to 15 C. According to Environment Canada, the previous record high for Dec. 13 was 13, set in 1991. The record low, from...
View ArticleWhere's the snow? Balmy temps forecasted for Christmas in Windsor
A snowy white Christmas is not in Windsor’s forecast. It is projected to be mainly sunny, with a high of 6 C, which is about six degrees warmer than the normal of zero. This year, blame Windsor’s green...
View ArticleA soggy 2015 goes down as one of worst planting seasons
Last spring was one of the worst planting seasons farmers can remember and only a crop insurance extension and a warm fall helped save some crops. It was so wet that Essex County farmers didn’t get a...
View ArticleThis winter on ice for the record books
As far as Decembers go, 2015 has been one for the record books. It’s the warmest December ever recorded in Windsor and Essex County — and those records go back 75 years. This balmy December follows...
View ArticleCrazy changes in temperatures likely the rest of winter
Windsor’s day of t-shirts and record warm temperatures on Wednesday was followed Thursday by snowflakes, although they quickly melted away. That’s pretty much been the story of this strange winter of...
View ArticleCold weather alert issued for Windsor and Essex County
Get out your long underwear and bundle up, a cold weather alert has been issued for Windsor and Essex County. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit issued the alert for Friday night until Sunday...
View ArticleHeavy snow, freezing rain headed to Windsor
A major storm system is headed to Windsor with the chance of heavy snow and freezing rain. Environment Canada has issued an alert that the storm is expected to hit southern Ontario Wednesday and...
View ArticleHeavy rain will likely to turn to snow by Thursday
The heavy rain that pounded the Windsor area Wednesday was expected to turn to snow overnight as colder air gets pumped in from the north. Environment Canada said you could expect to see four to eight...
View ArticleLeaky roof disrupts Lancer practice at St. Denis Centre
The Lancer track and field high jump team dodged puddles and bins collecting water from a leaky roof inside the St. Denis Centre Wednesday night. Athletes ran between seven recycling and garbage bins...
View ArticleWindsor breaks warm-weather record, snow storm looms in week ahead
Residents in Windsor and Essex County would be forgiven for thinking they woke up to spring today. Windsor broke the record for the warmest Feb. 28 after the mercury climbed to 15.4 C. The previous...
View ArticleSnowfall predicted for Windsor-Essex on Tuesday
Keep your shovels and window scrapers handy, folks: Snow is coming to Windsor-Essex. A weather system that is expected to hit the Lower Great Lakes on Tuesday has prompted Environment Canada to issue a...
View ArticleWarm weather forces closure of Charles Clark Square ice rink for rest of season
The Charles Clark Square skating rink is closed for the rest of the season. The city says the closure takes effect immediately. “Repeated bouts of unseasonably warm weather and rain have reduced the...
View ArticleSunny skies ahead for Windsor's spring forecast
If you can suffer through the rest of this week, there should be sunny skies ahead. The Weather Network has issued its spring forecast calling for little rain and warmer-than-average temperatures in...
View ArticleFore! Windsor-Essex weather warms up
Feel like teeing off? Go ahead and get the golf clubs out of storage as the region enjoys a round of an unseasonably warm weather over the next two weeks. Environment Canada’s weather watchers said...
View ArticleWarm Windsor winter set nine single-day temperature records
Windsorites enjoyed some record-setting warmth this winter. There were nine single-day warm weather records set in December and February. “The overall big weather story for the winter was just how warm...
View ArticleLaSalle residents blame flooding on lack of drainage near parkway trails
Frustration boiled over in a LaSalle neighbourhood Monday morning after Sunday’s record-breaking rainfall left a virtual lake behind homes and a long list of unanswered questions for homeowners....
View ArticleSnow flurries could be coming to Windsor for the weekend
Environment Canada says there is a chance Windsor could be hit with snow flurries this weekend. The weather agency is calling for a 40 per cent chance of rain showers or flurries Friday night. There is...
View ArticleRainiest March on record for Windsor but don't put away the snow shovel yet
Three landmark rainy days have gushed this month into the record books as Windsor’s wettest March. “I just wondered if you people are building an ark,” Environment Canada senior climatologist David...
View ArticleLast month was the coldest April in 20 years
It’s official, the weather last month sucked. An Environment Canada senior climatologist said last month was Windsor’s coldest April in 20 years. “It was very much more winter-like than spring-like,”...
View ArticleSunny skies ahead for Windsor after an unusually cold start to spring
Early spring may go down in history as a “real bummer” with its unseasonal chilly temperatures, but Environment Canada says the suffering is over. Above average temperatures should hit Windsor just in...
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