'A very dry patch' makes May the driest month in Regina since 1971

May was the driest month in Regina in more than 45 years, bucking a trend of otherwise generally normal precipitation levels in the southern half of the province.

Regina saw only 6.9 millimetresofrain last month, the lowest amount in the city since May 1971, according to Environment and Climate ChangeCanada.

Weyburn, located 116 kilometres southeast of Regina, was also very dry, seeing only 6.3 mm of precipitation, the lowest amount since May 1998.

'A very dry patch'

"Generally precipitation was near normal for the southern half of Saskatchewan," said John Paul Cragg, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada.

"There was, however, a very dry patch in the Regina and Weyburn areas."

Thoseconditionshave carried over into June, prompting Natural Resources Canada to warn people of the extremely high risk of wildfires in southern Saskatchewan on Thursday.