Two days in June set records for rain in La Ronge. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

June Showers

Fourth wettest June on record in La Ronge

Jul 4, 2022 | 5:00 PM

June was exceptionally rainy for La Ronge with Environment and Climate Change Canada reporting it being the fourth wettest on record.

A total of 128 millimetres of rain fell last month with the 30-year average being 66.5 mm. Meadow Lake was the second wettest out of 71 years coming in at 174 mm and North Battleford was the fifth wettest at 138 mm out of 81 years.

La Ronge set two precipitation records with the first on June 15 with 21.2 mm of rain and the other on June 24 with 21.5 mm. June 14 and 15, although not record-breaking, were exceptionally wet with 51 mm between those two days.

“A lot of the storms tracked through there, especially that one particular day,” said meteorologist Terri Lang. “There was a major system that covered a lot of Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan and La Ronge was in the crosshairs of that, along with Meadow Lake.”

July has been dry, so far, with no precipitation being reported at the airport. Lang explained temperatures are average for this time of year and she expects the rest of July to be above average.

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“It’s showing for most of western Canada the temperatures are going to be above average for the month of July,” she added. “We will keep an eye on that just because we haven’t had those really warm temperatures yet compared to last year at this time. La Ronge was setting records and that type of thing. We’re not seeing that on the horizon yet.”

The forecast is showing a 40 per cent chance of thundershowers on Tuesday with a high of 22 C. Wednesday will bring a mix of sun and cloud and Thursday will be sunny with a high of 25 C.

Clouds will roll in on Friday with showers expected that evening and into the weekend.

“There’s a big ridge of high pressure sitting over northern Saskatchewan and southern Saskatchewan is getting rain, showers, and thundershowers,” Lang said. “Towards the middle of the week, we’re going to see that whole system shift north.”

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com

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