2025 Crop Year Delivers Mixed Hail Storm Results Across Prairie Provinces
The 2025 crop year showed average hail damage claims, with overall claim numbers down from last…
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Hail Continues to Damage Crops During Harvest
The Canadian Crop Hail Association member companies are investigating 310 claims of crop damage from hail…
Early August Hail Storms Less Organized but Still Destructive
A large storm in western Saskatchewan on August 13 caused widespread damage to growing crops, according…
Hail Damage Intensifies in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
Hail across the Prairies continue to cause widespread crop damage, with insurance claims rising and the potential…
Prairie Weather This Week – Jan 13
In this Prairie Weather report, RRC Meteorologist David Spence says the January thaw expands east. Mild…
Nearly 11k Hail Claims Made in 2024, Hundreds of Millions Paid to Producers
Nearly 11,000 hail damage claims were made in 2024, with payouts of $230 million to producers,…
Prairie Weather This Week – Oct 21
In this Prairie Weather forecast the drought has broken over most farmland, there will be snow…
Hail Report: Isolated Hailstorms Cause Minor Damage to Crops
Over 330 crop damage claims are under investigation resulting from storms from August 26-September 1, according…
Hail Report: Devastating Storms Damage More Than A Million Acres
More than one million acres were damaged or destroyed by storms during the week of August…
Hail Report: Golf Ball-Sized Hail Destroys Crops Across the Prairies
Severe storms across the Prairies pummeled crops with pea- to golf-ball-size hail according to the Canadian…
Hail Report: Alberta Crops Most Affected By Recent Storms
Between July 15-26, there were 737 claims of crop damage from hail and storms. The majority…
Prairie Weather this Week – August 5
In this prairie weather report, last week’s hot, dry conditions will turn into cooler, wetter weather…
Prairie Weather This Week – July 8
In this week's prairie weather forecast, prepare for a hot week, especially in Alberta, where 30-degree…
Eyes on the Sky: Tornado Season Approaches
A series of tornado warnings in east-central Alberta last week serves as a reminder that we…
Prairie Weather this Week: May 13
In this Prairie Weather this week report: more rain is forecast this week for all three…
Hail crop damage claims top one-thousand in last week of July
Quarter-size hail and drought were the primary causes of hail crop damage at the end of…
Eye on the storm: Life of a storm chaser
There are about 50 that currently chase storms across the province of Alberta and you'll see…
Lightning: Separating fact from fiction
Thunderstorms produce all sorts of dangerous weather, from large hail, to strong winds and even tornadoes, but…
Farmers cleaning up after wind storm rips through central and northern Alberta
Weather reports across central and northern Alberta on Wednesday were littered with the words “record wind…
Storm hammers Alberta covering province in blanket of snow
After several weeks of moderate temperatures, much of Alberta has been hammered by a whollop from…