"Southern Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan are down 20 per cent of normal precipitation of the past 40 years. Some areas in southwestern Manitoba are at a record-low precipitation level," Minister of Infrastructure Ron Schuler said Tuesday.
Schuler said both Environment and Climate Change Canada and the U.S. National Weather Service are forecasting slightly below-average rainfall over the next three months.
"So far, things look okay, but again the forecast going forward is that we're not looking at a lot of rain coming in the next few months," he said.
Statistics from the Weather Network show Winnipeg received only 52 per cent of its regular precipitation over the course of 2020.