June. According to the monitor, it marked the first time since March 2020 that no part of the Prairie agricultural region was classified in drought.
Only small pockets of abnormal dryness remained along the southern border because of lingering short- and long-term moisture deficits.
The improvement followed an unusually wet and cool June across much of the Prairies, where several large, slow-moving storm systems and frequent thunderstorms delivered substantial rainfall.
Three major storm periods — May 31 to June 2, June 19 to 24 and June 26 to 30 — brought heavy precipitation to central and southern agricultural areas. A broad stretch from Grande Prairie and Edmonton through Yorkton, Swan River, Dauphin, Winnipeg and northern Manitoba received well-above-normal rainfall.
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