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By Cam Lee

Warm, dry conditions

Above average temperatures, dry conditions welcome as harvest approaches

Aug 27, 2025 | 1:48 PM

The warm, dry weather will benefit producers across the province.

World Weather Meteorologist Drew Lerner said the conditions will be favourably received thanks to the moisture we received in the province in the past few weeks.

“Now we’re ready to finish out this crop, and it is finishing very well,” said Lerner.

Lower humidity and sunshine have helped to speed along crop maturation, and Lerner said that field work should advance quickly.

The largely dry conditions should continue until some precipitation is expected early next week. However, Lerner said it likely won’t be enough to seriously affect crops lying in swath.

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Until then, temperatures are expected to stay in the high 20 C or even low 30 C range for daytime highs, and Lerner said that should especially help the early seeded cereals and canola crop advance.

Generally favourable weather will last through the first week and a half of September, but Lerner said there will be an increase in precipitation potential taking place later this month.

Cooler weather will also be coming through in the earlier part of September.

“A little bit of a cooldown taking place, I think we’ll be faced with some more frosty weather probably in the second half of the first week,” Lerner explained. “When that cool air comes around, it will bring with it a little chance of some rain.”

Lerner said a chance of some light frost is possible around the date of the full moon on Sept. 5., but he doesn’t expect it to be a hard, killing frost. Lerner added the next round of potential frost could happen about mid-September.

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