June was another tough one for rain in 2025.
Swift Current had its 11th driest June on record, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. In total, only 24.1 millimetres of the annual regular 91.7 millimetres fell. That means the region only got 24 per cent of its usual precipitation.
According to Brian Proctor, a meteorologist with ECCC, the lack of precipitation comes amid lower temperatures for much of the month.
"It was a bit of an intriguing month," said Proctor. "We saw a little bit of a cold air anomaly up in the far north, and pretty much regular conditions across the rest of the province."
In Swift Current, the mean monthly temperature was 15.6°C, which is four-tenths warmer than the regular 15.2°C.
"So really, not a particularly outstanding or impactful year on a monthly basis," said Proctor. "Really, it was a prolonged cold spell from the 19th to the 25th."
Proctor says that if the weather hadn't been stuck in the cold air, temperatures would have been a degree or two above normal.
Elsewhere in the Province, northern prairie centres like Saskatoon and North Battleford fared much better with rain. Saskatoon made out with 105 per cent of their annual amount for rain, while North Battleford had 155 per cent.