On July 16, 2024, Southern Ontario experienced flash flooding due to a series of strong thunderstorms. These storms produced over 100 mm of rainfall within a few hours. Shortly after the storm ended, Weatherlogics swiftly created a rainfall accumulation map, illustrating the extent of the torrential rain. The map highlights
The 2024 hail season is off to a record start across Canada, according to the Weatherlogics national hail database. Weatherlogics has been tracking national hail data since 2017, and 2024 has already more than doubled the previous record of 175 reports in 2017. Here is a chart of reports by
Understanding Hail in Canada: Weatherlogics Leads the Way Canada is known for its extreme weather, and hailstorms are a significant part of that story. At Weatherlogics, we have positioned ourselves as leaders in collecting and analyzing data on these damaging storms. Our daily data collection serves as the foundation for
The Prairies are in the midst of record cold weather. Alberta has seen air temperatures plummet as low as -50 C, causing record electrical use. In Saskatchewan, there have been widespread temperatures in the -40s. Manitoba has been the “warmest” of the three Prairie provinces, but temperatures have still regularly
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Why did we take on this project? Road safety is of critical importance to all Canadians. In a large country like Canada, many of us spend countless hours on the road each year. And as a winter country, our roads often become treacherous during severe weather. Aviva Canada launched their
Available in the Weatherlogics App for All Subscriptions Weatherlogics’ Radar Map* – check out the NEW radar layer in the app The updated layer now displays past and future radar images *previously named Interactive Map ⛈️ Getting Started Here are some steps to get started viewing radar for your
Available in the Weatherlogics App for Agriculture Premium Subscriptions Frost, Disease, and Spray risk tables – What are they and how do they work? Getting Started On the Ag Risk page you can view colour-coded frost, disease, and spray forecast tables. Here are some steps to get started viewing agriculture
Will hailstorms be more common on the Canadian Prairies in the future? That question was posed by atmospheric scientists from Environment and Climate Change Canada and the University of Manitoba in a recent article titled “The changing hail threat over North America in response to anthropogenic change” in the journal
One frequent question we get is: “What’s the difference between a tornado and straight-line winds?” In today’s blog we explore that question. According to the American Meteorological Society (AMS), a tornado is: A rotating column of air, in contact with the surface, pendant from a cumuliform cloud, and often visible
