Regina getting hit with end of summer heat wave

REGINA – Summer officially ends tonight in Saskatchewan, but the weather forecast apparently didn’t get that memo.

Forecasts are calling for temperatures in the high 20s and even up to 30 degrees for this week, which is at least a dozen degrees above average daytime highs for this time of year.

With wet and cool weather delaying the harvest across the province for the late part of August and early September, the hope is that this dry, summer-like weather will help producers catch up.

Dave Phillips, chief meteorologist for Environment Canada, says this could be the best week of the entire year for Saskatchewan — he calls it almost the summer that you didn’t get.