A much need rain over the weekend helped wet the parched soil. (submitted Photo/ Myles Quaroni)

By Ronald Quaroni

Necessary precipitation

Weekend rain may have saved the growing season

Jun 17, 2019 | 12:18 PM

Farmers and producers are breathing a sigh of relief as crop and hay land look much better after a good portion of the province received crucial rain on the weekend.

According to Meteorologist Dan Kulak with Environment Canada, the amounts of rain that fell varied widely.

Across Central Saskatchewan Kulak said communities received between 30 to 60 mm of rain. One of the communities that received a significant amount of moisture was Pilger with 64 mm.

The weather station at the P.A airport recorded 11 mm, a number that may be on the low side compared to nearby areas.

“Rain falls, especially if you have thunderstorms related to them are highly localized and you can get widely varying rain fall amounts over just a few kilometers,” Kulak said.

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MacDowall area farmer, Ken Blocka said his farm received approximately 5 mm.

Blocka said the rain came at an opportune time. With no previous substantial rain to germinate crops, paNOW asked if this may have been a season-saving rain.

“You can look at the crops today versus three days ago, before we had the rain, and they look 100 per cent better,” Blocka told paNOW.

Environment Canada is predicting another storm system to pass through closer to the southern portion of the province later this week.

After back-to-back months of recording low precipitation amounts, the weather service said Prince Albert is finally on track to receive a normal amount of rain for June according to the 30-year average.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @RonaldQuaroni