Southwest Saskatchewan is experiencing one of the driest springs on recent record.

This year's dry spring has produced a grand total of 42.4 millimetres of precipitation, far less than last year's 158.2 millimetres and well below the seasonal average of 90 millimetres.

"The general storm track shows the storms have been running through northern Saskatchewan and not through the southern half of the province," John Paul Cragg, Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada said. "There has been lots of precipitation up north, southern Saskatchewan just hasn't seen those storms over the past few months."

Cragg added that the current storm tracks through Saskatchewan need to shift allowing for more rain in the southern part of the province, with less precipitation up north.

This spring is the 12th driest on record dating back 1887, with 2015's spring being the second worst with only 23.1 millimetres of precipitation being recorded.

"In term of precipitation for the summer, seasonal forecasts are showing normal to above normal precipitation in southern Saskatchewan," he added. "Although models are not very good at predicting precipitation well in advance in southern Saskatchewan because a lot of that come in terms of thunderstorms. When you get a thunderstorm that can roll over a station and give 100 millimetres of precipitation in an hour it really changes climate stats quite drastically."

This week southwest Saskatchewan isn't expected to see any rain until the weekend at the earliest.

Map Courtesy of Environment Canada