Near record long growing season ends with chilly morning

It was a frosty morning in southeastern Manitoba, but temperatures did not drop near as low as areas further west.

Scott Kehler is a meteorologist with Weatherlogics. He says a number of weather stations in western Manitoba showed a low of -10 degrees overnight. Those areas are near the Saskatchewan border.

"Generally, across Westman it was a killing freeze, with temperatures well below zero for several hours," he adds.

Kehler says the overnight low in Steinbach was -1, while Winnipeg was -2.

"There are some areas that did have a decent frost," he says. "But many areas did escape as the frost was a lot patchier than further west."

Kehler says Tuesday morning's frost marks the end of the growing season for most of Southern Manitoba. He notes that while the growing season was already ov