One of Canada’s most prominent forecasters says weather watchers need only look back at the summer to see what Mother Nature has in store for the fall.

The Weather Network’s fall outlook says temperature and precipitation trends that took hold during the summer are likely to continue for the next few months across most of the country.

Chief Meteorologist Chris Scott says British Columbia’s balmy, dry summer will likely give way to a warmer than usual fall with below-average rainfalls.

He says Prairie dwellers and Ontarians hoping for a break from an unusually chilly, soggy summer aren’t expected to get much relief.

Scott expects only the Maritimes will see a departure from their summer weather trends.

The network is calling for a return of cooler air that will bring temperatures and precipitation levels back down to around seasonal norms.

Summer wore an unusual form across most of the country, Scott said, adding conventional weather trends were reversed in most cases.

The typically cool region of Goose Bay, Labrador, for instance, recorded as many days over 30 C as the frequently sizzling southern Ontario city of Windsor.

Similarly, British Columbia residents accustomed to cooler days had a chance to savour the season under unusually sunny skies.