{"id":911075,"date":"2026-09-27T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911075\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:14:11","slug":"40-cm-of-snow-first-storm-of-the-year-for-parts-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911075\/","title":{"rendered":"40 cm of snow: First storm of the year for parts of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

A remarkably mild September<\/a> for parts of Canada will end with a hefty thump of snow over the next couple of days.<\/p>\n

The same cold trough that\u2019s brought snow to Whistler and portions of Western Canada<\/a> will produce a spell of heavy snowfall across sections of Northern Canada.<\/p>\n

Some remote areas that saw readings as high as 20\u00b0C this past week are in line for up to 40 cm of snow from this system.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T MISS: What\u2019s the snowiest month in your corner of Canada?<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/p>\n

The predominant pattern over Canada this month has kept portions of the Northwest Territories and southern Nunavut very mild for September. Fort Reliance, N.W.T., hit 20.4\u00b0C on Monday, Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

A sharp temperature contrast over Alberta and Saskatchewan this weekend created the ideal region for a powerful low-pressure system to develop and move north. This system will continue to deepen as it moves into southern Nunavut through the remainder of the weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/p>\n

Moisture streaming in from the south will allow plenty of precipitation to fall along the system\u2019s path, including heavy, wet snow on the cooler side of the storm.<\/p>\n

The heaviest snow is expected from the eastern fringes of Great Slave Lake extending toward regions north of Baker Lake. We\u2019ll eventually see snowfall as far east as Baffin Island.<\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/p>\n

Some locations are in line for as much as 40 cm of snow by the end of the system.<\/p>\n

Early-season snowfall events are generally when this part of Canada receives the heaviest accumulations<\/a>, as they can tap into a deeper reserve of moisture than storms that form during the very dry winter months.<\/p>\n

Snow eventually starts to creep south during a typical October<\/a>, though this month may not play out like average as a strong El Ni\u00f1o dominates the pattern<\/a> across Canada.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Will El Ni\u00f1o delay our first frost in Canada?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A remarkably mild September for parts of Canada will end with a hefty thump of snow over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,11738],"class_list":["post-911075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-snow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}