David Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, says Saskatchewan went through one of the driest summers ever recorded.
As the season officially moved from summer to fall, Phillips reviewed statistics for southern Saskatchewan and found it was a difficult season for many farmers.
"If you look at the records — the statistics from March 1st to July 26 — it was, in parts of Saskatchewan, the driest in over a hundred years of records,":Phillips said. "[It was] not even close [to] the previous driest."
Mild stretch ahead, forecast shows
Phillips noted the forecast for October and into November calls for milder temperatures than average for the time of year.
"Our models for October and October - November are showing milder than normal," he said. "And that may very well be a kind of a dress rehearsal: With El Nino, we think the winter will, in fact, be milder than normal."


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