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1 Month (30 Days) Percent of Average Precipitation (Prairie Region)

May 4, 2011 to June 2, 2011

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.

< 40%

40 -60% 60 -85% 85 -115% 115 -150% 150 -200%

200% Extent of Agricultural Land Lakes and Rivers

Produced using near real-time data that has undergone initial quality control. The map may not be accurate for all regions due to data availability and data errors.

Created: 06/03/11

www.agr.gc.ca/drought

This issue’s map shows the amount of precipitation that has fallen across the Prairies during May compared

to the long-term average. From the map you can see that pretty much all of agricultural Manitoba saw aboveaverage

amounts of precipitation during this period with a large section seeing more than double the average.

Wet conditions were also present in southern Saskatchewan and Alberta with dry conditions continuing over

northern sections of those two provinces.