
Precipitation for Medicine Hat in spring ‘ideal’ as Banff sees driest winter on record
Medicine Hat will require more precipitation this spring to avoid drought conditions later this year, an Environment Canada meteorologist says.
While spring doesn’t begin until March 20, meteorological spring is already underway. Medicine Hat’s low winter precipitation meant it was the 23rd driest winter on record — receiving 37 per cent of it’s normal amount.
Meteorologists say this winter experienced much less precipitation across the rest of southern, as well as central Alberta, than average.