Winter is officially behind us, or at least that's what the calendar says.

This morning was the beginning of spring, but with the season changing it doesn't look like the weather will change as swiftly.

Natalie Hasell, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the date isn't always reflective of what we will experience weather wise.

"Just because we've got that on the calendar does not mean that winter conditions suddenly stop in the prairies," she explained. "If we look at our climatologic, say the Canadian climate normals if we use those, 1981-2010 station data for Swift Current - we see that you can have snow well into May."

Over the next few weeks, the daytime highs are expected to flirt around the freezing mark and nighttime lows will dip down below freezing.

"You will be in a freeze-thaw cycle," Hasell said. "I'm bringing this up because freeze-thaw cycle can lead to really difficult road conditions and unexpected road conditions. Anything that melts during the day with the temperatures above zero, freezes in the evening or the nighttime."

During this past winter the Swift Current station data showed 29.9 mm of liquid equivalent precipitation, with 22 mm of that coming in March.

Month pericipation chart

Dec 21-31 - 1.4mm
Jan 0.8mm
Feb 5.7mm
Mar 1-20 - 22mm