{"id":162625,"date":"2025-09-23T01:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162625\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:08:14","slug":"fall-forecast-canadians-to-see-above-normal-temperatures-in-a-wet-autumn-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162625\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall forecast: Canadians to see above-normal temperatures in a wet autumn – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadians hoping for a cool fall may be out of luck as meteorologists and climatologists say a warmer-than-normal autumn<\/a> is upon us, but there\u2019s also a good chance the dry conditions we\u2019ve been experiencing are about to get much wetter.<\/p>\n

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After warm temperatures throughout much of the summer in many parts of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada climatologist David Phillips says don\u2019t break out those winter jackets just yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see the fall as a lot of those days where the temperature is going to be, say, above normal,\u201d he said. \u201cLots of sunshine, blue skies, almost the perfect kind of frame for the picture of the colour change season.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s Vancouver, Halifax, Toronto or even Yellowknife, forecasts show above normal temperatures well into October and parts of November.<\/p>\n

Phillips notes, however, that this doesn\u2019t mean 30 C, but temperatures higher than we would typically see.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAverage in September is typically four or five degrees colder than August,\u201d he said. \u201cNow you come to October, (it\u2019s) typically six to eight degrees colder than September.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s looking like the rest of September and October are going to be a few degrees warmer than usual, Global News chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell says November is going to be a bit of a \u201csharp\u201d change.<\/p>\n

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He said the beginning of the month will start \u201cOK,\u201d but sudden Arctic air will head south, sending temperatures downwards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d say warm first half and then cold second half, and that is, I mean that\u2019s typical, but warmer than normal first half, colder than normal for the last month of fall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Part of this change, Farnell says, is because the jet stream is pretty far north for this time of year, but it will begin to dive south in November, bringing that cold air with it.<\/p>\n

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He adds that the return of La Nina in the Pacific, which is often associated with cooler temperatures, is likely to bring in a slightly earlier winter.<\/p>\n

Canadians may not need their jackets as much this fall, but umbrellas are likely to be out as more rainfall is expected. Farnell notes the precipitation will be needed as nine provinces and one territory are under extreme drought.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we\u2019re making up for lost time,\u201d Farnell said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get some needed rainfall. It\u2019s happening around the Great Lakes, it\u2019s going to be on the East Coast as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also expects an active hurricane season during the fall after a relatively inactive one during the summer, which could lead to a \u201chit\u201d in Atlantic Canada.<\/p>\n

Phillips told Global News that even with the above-normal temperatures, Canadians should expect a brief shower of frost could still take place as is the norm for autumn, but if people are expecting a large amount of snow to hit in the middle of October, don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, we\u2019re going to have fall and we\u2019re going to have winter, but the winter is not going to rush upon us, as long as we don\u2019t count those one day of frost or a couple days of snow as winter arriving,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI think we\u2019ll get a little bit of that, but then it disappears and we get back into the kind of almost fall-like weather again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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