In the Northwest Region, which includes the Parkland, Swan River was the driest location on record last week as another Manitoba Crop Report was released by the Manitoba Government.
Swan River received 0.8mm of precipitation between September 2-8. The wettest location in the Northwest is Pipe Lake who received 15.8mm of precipitation over that same period. Pipe Lake is less than 60 minutes away from Dauphin.
The percentage of harvest completion by crop and region does vary as of September 9.
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A mix of weather still allowed for good harvest progress. Unsettled weather events did bring thunderstorms to parts of the region, including hail in the Swan Valley area. To note, there were varying degrees of damage to some crops while some areas along the western portion of the region received a light frost, but it wasn't a killing frost.
Swan Valley station was the lowest recorded overnight temperature at 0.5 °C. High day time temperatures helped crops to move along over the weekend with The Pas station the highest at 32.6 °C.
Of note, soybean crops are in the R6-R7 stage and looking good. The recent heat has helped advance the crops quickly.
To check out the complete Manitoba Crop Report for the week, head here.
