Summer weather 2022: What can Canadians expect this year?

weather over the last couple of months has been challenging, at best. First there was the late-season blizzards, then flooding rains in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.Then, the damaging thunderstorm complex known as a derecho that caused hundreds of millions in damage across southern Ontario and Quebec.In B.C., it seemed they couldn’t catch a break from the cool and wet pattern of spring, and more recently it’s been Alberta’s turn with the flooding rains.

More extreme weather coming this summer after deadly Ontario, Quebec storm: meteorologists It has been an incredibly active spring across the country.

Now it’s time to look ahead to what I think will be a summer with fewer extremes but plenty of warm temperatures.A very hot couple of months are predicted south of the border in the central United States and this heat ridge or dome will also play a role in the summer pattern across Canada.At times, the ridge will flex north into the Prairies or east into the Great Lakes and bring mostly short doses of heat and humidity before retreating back south of the border.The ridge will also act as a traffic cop directing thunderstorms around the periphery.Here’s a detailed look at what to expect across the country:A warmer-than-normal summer is expected across most of the Maritimes and Newfoundland with the warmest temperatures on the backend in late July and August.Higher humidity levels and more muggy days and nights are likely this year thanks in part to the warmer than average water temperatures off the coast.

These warm waters will combine with La Niña (third year in a row) to create ideal conditions for hurricanes to develop.Experts are predicting lower-than-usual wind shear which could lead to 20 or more named storms again this.