The animation steps through the data in 10-day increments. Prairies Precipitation Departure from Normal Precipitation Departures from Normal Precipitation departure from normal over the southern prairies years. Note epochs of wetter and drier regimes lasting over 10 years or more. The current dry period started in 1976. Between 1945 and 1955, the region had more than the normal amount of precipitation.
Values shown are departure from normal in millimetres.
The animation steps through the data in 10-day increments. Risk of extreme weather during El Nino. Insufficient data over gray shaded areas. Links Certain of the following material originate with organizations not subject to the Official Languages Act and are available on this site in the language in which it was written.