Manitoba's famous rodent saw his shadow Thursday morning and if you believe the folklore, that means southern Manitoba is in store for another six weeks of winter. That could mean two different outcomes, depending on which version of winter we get.

David Phillips with Environment Canada says when you look back at January, the first two weeks and the last two weeks were complete opposites. Phillips says the first half of the month had six days where the temperature dipped below -30 degrees. That is five more than there were during the entire winter of 2015-16. Last month saw the temperature drop below -20 degrees a total of 13 times.

But everything changed mid-month. During the last two weeks of January, Phillips says there were five days of melting temperatures and in fact there was melting around the clock on both January 20th and 21st.

"I don't even recall ever seeing that in Manitoba," says Phillips.

He notes January ended up being 3.5 degrees warmer than normal. He says the warmest day reached nearly 4 degrees, while the coldest day dropped to -35 degrees. As for precipitation, January was wetter than normal, following the trend that started in September. Phillips notes there were 14 wet days in January, which means nearly every other day last month saw either snow or rain.

Meanwhile, Phillips says their models are showing southern Manitoba will see normal temperatures in February and then above normal for March and April. As for precipitation, Phillips says it appears southern Manitoba will be slightly wetter than normal for the rest of the winter.