Overview
- The Weather Network released its seasonal forecast on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, projecting a warmer, drier three-month summer for Western Canada with elevated drought and wildfire risk.
- Much of the Prairies is expected to be drier than normal in the first half of summer, which could reduce soil moisture in June and threaten early crop development.
- Central and Eastern Canada are forecast to see inconsistent heat with frequent showers and thunderstorms in southern Ontario, parts of Quebec and the Maritimes rather than a sustained hot pattern.
- Forecasters predict a below-average North Atlantic hurricane season of about eight to 14 named storms, three to six hurricanes and one to three major hurricanes, but they caution that a single storm can still be damaging.
- The forecast uses 1991–2020 ‘normal’ values that reflect roughly 2.1°C of long-term summer warming since the mid-20th century, and northern heat will be focused in the Yukon and western Northwest Territories, increasing fire risk there.