The Weather Network says anything normal or typical is the forecast for this spring with extremes in temperature that will average out to about normal.

We’ve been experiencing a La Nina winter on the prairies which usually means colder than normal, and the Weather Network expects La Nina to linger into the start of spring.

Spring is expected to start more slowly than normal across Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with colder than normal temperatures, especially during the first half of the season. As a result, March and April could look and feel more like winter than what we experienced at times during the heart of winter. Near normal precipitation is expected across most of the region.

At this point, spring flooding is not a major concern across southern parts of the region, as most areas received near-normal or below-normal snowfall during the winter, and the outlook for spring is for much drier conditions than last year, especially across southern Manitoba. Further to the north, the spring flood risk is near normal and locally above normal.

Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes can expect above normal precipitation which Hamilton describes as classic snow events for March.