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It Has Been Wetter

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TABLE 1 Total rainfall, May 1 to June 27, in millimetres (compared to record) Dauphin City May June May and June Winnipeg Brandon 153.4 (200.6-1999) 107.2 (216.2-2005) 260.6 (272.4-2005) Regina Saskatoon 160.0 (177.7-1977) 89.0 (255.7-1901) 249.0 (316.8-1877) 111.2 (133.8-1943) 72.5 (226.7-1944) 183.7 (312.8-1953) 82.3 (160.0-1902) 70.5 (199.2-1975) 152.8 (271.4-1902) 128.5 (147.4-1977) 83.6 (186.5-1942) 212.1 (203.4-1991)
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Not Enough Snow In The High Country

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Alarmingly low snow levels in the Rocky Mountains will cut water supplies to Canada’s Prairies and could help trigger a river drought in the important farming region, a leading expert said May 27. The predictions by University of Saskatchewan hydrologist John Pomeroy were particularly gloomy, given that 2009-10 was a record dry winter for the
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Weekly Weather Map – for Jun. 10, 2010

Precipitation Compared to Historical Distribution (Prairie Region) April 1, 2010 to June 3, 2010 Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. Record Dry Extremely Low (0-10) Very Low (10-20) Low (20-40) Mid-Range (40-60) High (60-80) Very High
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Weekly Weather Map – for Mar. 25, 2010

This issue’s map shows the total amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies this agricultural year (Sept. 1, 2009 to March 17, 2010). So far this agricultural year there is a definite east/west split through the Prairies. Areas east of central Saskatchewan are heading into spring with relatively good amounts of precipitation during
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Weather Will Get Better

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Western Canadian farmers can expect to head into the 2010 growing season facing similar weather-related problems as they did in the past year, with dryness persisting in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the potential for flooding in southern Manitoba, said Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. at the annual Canadian Wheat Board Grain World
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Warm, Wet Summer On The Way

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Canadian farmers who pulled off some big high-quality crops last year despite volatile weather appear to be in line for a warmer, wetter summer, said David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, Jan. 11. “That’s a pretty good-news situation,” Phillips said in an interview with Reuters. “I think most farmers would go to the bank
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weather map – for Jan. 7, 2010

This issue’s map shows the total amount of snow on the ground as of Jan. 3. This map is created by Environment Canada, but I do a fair bit of tidying up of the data displayed, to make it easier to read. Because of this, the data on the map should be seen as giving
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weekly weather map – for Dec. 17, 2009

This map is created by Environment Canada but I do a fair bit of tidying up of the data displayed to make it easier to read. Because of this the data on the map should be seen as giving you a general idea of how much snow there is across the Prairies. From the map
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Weekly weather map – for Oct. 29, 2009

Accumulated Precipitation (Prairie Region) April 1, 2009 to October 22, 2009 Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS). Data provided through partnership with Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and many Provincial agencies. < 25 mm 25 -50 mm 50 -75 mm 75 -100 mm 100 -125 mm 125 -150 mm 150
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Frost Threatens Late-Developing Prairie Grain Crop

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The threat of an early and devastat ing frost hangs over the western Canadian grain industry as anxious farmers hope for warm weather in August to ripen seriously delayed crops. Nearly all of the Prairie grain region has experienced much below-normal temperatures so far this growing season, putting crops two to three weeks behind their

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