La Ronge sets new precipitation record
Climate Change and Environment Canada is reporting 50.8 millimetres of rain fell in La Ronge between Tuesday and Wednesday.
“There was a significant amount of rain that did fall over the area,” meteorologist Sara Hoffman said. “The most that fell in a single day was on June 14 when the La Ronge area reported 29.6 mm of rain.”
That was followed by another 21.2 mm of rain on June. 15. Environment Canada had issued a rainfall warning on Monday, stating a significant rainfall event was expected to bring 50 to 70 mm of rain.
Although there was a large amount of rain on those two days, neither were record-breaking as storm systems are common for this time of year. La Ronge, however, did set a new precipitation record on June 10 with 14.2 mm of rain. The previous record was 12.3 mm set in 2018.