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Canadian Prairies Topsoil Being Depleted Of Moisture

Kansas City, May 29 (World Weather Inc.) – Planting conditions in Canada’s Prairies advanced swiftly this year due to some timely rainfall and lingering moisture from melting snow. Crops emerged and established relatively well in several areas while others have struggled to emerge and establish. The relatively good fortune is reaching an end – at least for now – as moisture in the topsoil becomes depleted. Much warmer temperatures in the coming few days will play a big part in accelerating crop moisture stress especially from eastern Alberta through western and northern Saskatchewan to northwestern Manitoba where the ground was already quite dry. Portions of the Peace River region have also been quite dry since late last summer. These areas are all very important canola and wheat production areas and the prospects for limited rain and more heat in this coming week will raise the concern for these crops and others much higher. Rain prospects are not very great for the coming ten days and a short term bout of very warm weather will be followed by some cooling.

U.S., Canada Summer 2025 Weather Not Bad For Agriculture

Kansas City, May 28 (World Weather Inc.) – It seems like the last snowstorm just occurred a week or two ago, but spring is almost over and now everyone’s attention is shifting to summer weather. Much of the fear over a hot, dry, summer has at least been temporarily put to rest by recent weeks of precipitation in the United States, but worry has increased over returning drought in Canada’s central Prairies and there is quite a bit of dryness in the western United States. Atmospheric trends for the summer are still suggesting timely rain in Canada’s Prairies to prevent a serious drought from dropping production dramatically, but conditions might not be ideal. Weather in the U.S. should be favorable, although the wet bias lingering from spring into June will raise some concerns. The Delta and Tennessee River Basin as well as the northeastern U.S. will likely dry down this summer and some dryness may return to the central Plains, but serious problems from weather may be limited to a few areas which is not unusual for a summer season.

Western Australia To Receive Three Waves For Rain

Kansas City, May 28 (World Weather Inc.) – Parts of New South Wales, Victoria, and pockets in South Australia, Western Australia, and southern Queensland saw periods of spotty rain during the past week. Overall, rainfall was too light to fix the moisture deficits and much more rain was needed. New South Wales has the best planting moisture today and Western Australia is expecting at least three waves of rain from late this week through the end of the first week in June to improve planting moisture. South Australia will be driest over the next ten days and only limited rainfall is expected in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland where more precipitation is needed to get crops planted, emerged and established.