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PONY PRIZE |<br />
Prince George<br />
Vancouver<br />
TEMPERATURE<br />
FORECAST<br />
Dec. 13 - 19 (in °C)<br />
Edmonton<br />
Calgary<br />
Saskatoon<br />
Regina<br />
Churchill<br />
Winnipeg<br />
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normal<br />
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below<br />
normal<br />
Temperature Precipitation<br />
last week last week since Nov. 1<br />
High Low mm mm %<br />
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Prince George<br />
Vancouver<br />
WEATHER<br />
PRECIPITATION<br />
FORECAST<br />
Dec. 13 - 19 (in mm)<br />
Edmonton<br />
Calgary<br />
Saskatoon<br />
Regina<br />
Churchill<br />
Winnipeg<br />
<strong>The</strong> numbers on the above maps are average temperature and precipitation figures for the forecast week, based on historical data from 1971-2000.<br />
Maps provided by WeatherTec Services Inc.: www.weathertec.mb.ca<br />
n/a = not available; tr = trace; 1 inch = 25.4 millimetres (mm)<br />
THE WESTERN PRODUCER | WWW.PRODUCER.COM | DECEMBER 13 , 2012<br />
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LAST WEEK’S WEATHER SUMMARY ENDING SUNDAY, DEC. 9<br />
SASKATCHEWAN ALBERTA MANITOBA<br />
Assiniboia 8.1 -22.2 0.0 14.2 71<br />
Broadview 4.3 -25.1 0.0 28.6 116<br />
Eastend 5.9 -16.9 4.2 17.3 70<br />
Estevan 5.7 -26.8 6.7 36.5 162<br />
Kindersley 7.0 -26.8 7.3 38.4 225<br />
Maple Creek 11.2 -21.6 2.5 11.7 50<br />
Meadow Lake -9.9 -32.6 0.6 5.4 20<br />
Melfort -3.4 -29.7 7.5 23.5 93<br />
Nipawin -6.9 -32.2 11.6 31.0 108<br />
North Battleford -9.1 -30.6 2.7 19.7 86<br />
Prince Albert -7.9 -31.3 8.4 35.1 139<br />
Regina 3.5 -23.1 0.0 22.1 108<br />
Rockglen 8.9 -19.4 1.8 25.8 122<br />
Saskatoon -1.2 -31.3 3.7 22.6 114<br />
Swift Current 5.3 -22.4 2.1 12.2 62<br />
Val Marie 8.1 -20.5 3.2 27.1 142<br />
Yorkton -0.5 -28.4 1.6 29.8 119<br />
Wynyard 3.5 -28.0 5.9 30.4 133<br />
KEYNOTE:<br />
Hadlee Andersen, 2, offers her pony Ester a peppermint candy cane on the<br />
family farm Dec. 1. Her parents, Zane and CharleeAnn Andersen, farm near<br />
Big Beaver, Sask. | CARLA FROSHAUG PHOTO<br />
the 25th<br />
Annual<br />
Conference of the Saskatchewan<br />
Soil Conservation Association<br />
<strong>The</strong> key behind successful No – Till<br />
– Dr. Dwayne Beck | Dakota Lakes Research Farm<br />
Brooks 5.7 -20.3 2.0 22.8 113<br />
Calgary 7.2 -20.2 0.7 26.9 140<br />
Cold Lake -10.8 -33.8 3.8 29.4 112<br />
Coronation 1.1 -29.6 3.0 21.9 108<br />
Edmonton -4.8 -32.1 7.5 44.8 178<br />
Grande Prairie -2.2 -29.5 6.7 49.4 151<br />
High Level -13.7 -33.1 5.3 16.6 48<br />
Lethbridge 11.4 -21.0 0.0 7.0 32<br />
Lloydminster -10.9 -29.1 0.2 13.7 54<br />
Medicine Hat 10.1 -21.5 0.9 13.3 66<br />
Milk River 9.2 -20.3 0.9 17.8 66<br />
Peace River -10.6 -31.1 7.1 40.3 131<br />
Pincher Creek 6.5 -20.1 1.5 25.3 64<br />
Red Deer -1.0 -24.8 0.9 24.4 108<br />
Stavely 9.0 -18.5 1.1 27.8 94<br />
Vegreville -10.3 -34.0 6.3 40.6 162<br />
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Temperature Precipitation<br />
last week last week since Nov. 1<br />
High Low mm mm %<br />
Brandon 2.5 -26.0 1.3 42.5 159<br />
Dauphin 0.1 -27.0 0.0 34.8 113<br />
Gimli 1.1 -28.7 0.5 40.2 123<br />
Melita 4.0 -25.1 1.4 22.0 79<br />
Morden 3.5 -28.1 4.0 27.3 80<br />
Portage La Prairie 3.4 -26.2 2.2 33.6 100<br />
Swan River -1.9 -29.0 8.7 45.7 142<br />
Winnipeg 3.4 -26.8 3.9 37.0 111<br />
BRITISH COLUMBIA<br />
All data provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service: www.agr.gc.ca/drought.<br />
Data has undergone only preliminary quality checking. Maps provided by WeatherTec Services Inc.: www.weathertec.mb.ca<br />
CONSERVATION<br />
AGRICULTURE<br />
Wednesday<br />
January 9 th<br />
2013<br />
Cranbrook 5.8 -14.8 15.4 78.6 121<br />
Fort St. John -10.6 -28.1 13.4 78.7 222<br />
Kamloops 13.2 -6.5 4.2 27.7 76<br />
Kelowna 9.4 -6.4 7.6 38.8 76<br />
Prince George 6.8 -14.6 4.2 29.6 43<br />
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