The Weather Network has released its 2026 Fall Outlook, and it sounds like good news for Canadians.

Meteorologist Rachel Modestino says it’s supposed to be a warmer, longer fall than usual.

She explains that Saskatoon’s daytime highs will be between five and eight degrees above normal this October, with typical winter weather not setting in until December, hopefully.

However, Modestino says there will be some minor interruptions in this balmy, fall weather.

“We could maybe even see that as early as this weekend with some colder weather that takes the warm weather’s place. Temperatures do fall. Some of our precipitation may change over into snow. It’s very normal for that to happen in October, but we’re expecting those interruptions to be less frequent.”

In Saskatoon, lows of only plus one are expected this Saturday.

She attributes the warm fall season to the el niño pattern that is blanketing Canada this year, meaning the sea-surface temperatures off the coast of South America are warmer than normal.

“El niño is here. It’s not only here but it’s strengthening, and it’s expected to strengthen to near records that we’ve ever recorded.”

Modestino says the ‘exceptional el niño’ exists despite the fact that the way el niños are measured changed recently.

“They take the sea-surface temperatures, and they compare them to what is normal. That calculation has changed recently, because the background of what’s normal has increased because of climate change.”

Modestino adds that a wet spring and summer has delayed both seeding and harvest, but the next few weeks of September and into Octobre should provide a better opportunity to get the crop off.”