Regina weather: Sunny day headed into a sunny weekend, high -6

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A look at Friday’s Regina weather by Environment Canada.

It’s -21 C at Regina International Airport this morning, with 7 km winds coming out of the east and a wind chill making it feel like -27.

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Sunny and relatively warm today and into the weekend, it’s beginning to look like spring is in the air. One thing’s for sure, after last weekend’s snowstorm, there’s going to be a lot of melting snow this weekend.

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While it’s going to be a great weekend for getting outdoors and shedding those heavy winter layers we’ve all been wearing this week, make sure you don’t shed those boots just yet. There will be plenty of slush and water to make it worth wearing that warm, waterproof footwear.

Today’s forecast

Today: Mainly sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 6. Wind chill minus 28 this morning and minus 12 this afternoon. Risk of frostbite. UV index 3 or moderate.

Tonight: Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 15. Wind chill minus 12 this evening and minus 23 overnight.

Tomorrow: Sunny. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h in the afternoon. High minus 2. Wind chill minus 23 in the morning and minus 9 in the afternoon. UV index 3 or moderate. Clear overnight. Low minus 6.

Sunrise: 7:26 a.m.

Sunset: 6:53 p.m.

Normals:

Max: -2 C

Min: -13 C

On this day (1884-2013):

Highest temperature: 11.3 C in 1977

Lowest temperature: -36.3 C in 2003

Yesterday’s temperature

High: -12.2 C

Low: -27.2 C

Precipitation: 0.0 mm

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