By Alice McFarlane

Cruel summer weather for farmers

Sep 2, 2021 | 10:01 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — The word ‘hot’ will come to mind when we think about the summer of 2021.

Environment Canada released temperature and precipitation statistics for June, July, and August.

Meteorologist Terri Lang said most locations in Saskatchewan reported the mean temperature was between 1.4 and 1.8 degrees above normal.

She said the entire season was flip-flopped. The rains usually come in June and July and then it gets hotter and drier in August.

“Now it’s kind of backwards we had the hot and dry in June and July now we’re kind of getting thunderstorms and cooler temperatures,” Lang said. “The storms also brought hail and strong winds. It’s destroying what farmers had left to salvage, so it’s just been a really challenging year.”

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During August there was a major switch with the weather. The cooler temperatures arrived but not before several records were set.

“It was really warm all across the board. La Ronge had their warmest summer on record. North Battleford was second warmest on record and in Saskatoon it was their second warmest summer,” Lang said.

It was drier than normal over central regions, according to Lang.

“Poor old Meadow Lake had the second driest summer on record,” she said.

After being extremely dry, Moose Jaw received 157 millimetres of rain making it the second wettest August on record.

“Moose Jaw with their big month in August, it was the sixteenth wettest which is kind of a big turnaround for them,” she said.

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