Swift Current Records Second-Driest March

March wasn't a great month for precipitation in the Swift Current area.

According to Environment Canada Swift Current experienced it's second driest March on record in 134 years of history.

Natalie Hasell, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the dry month can be partially attributed to a number of high-pressure systems sitting over Swift Current.

"High-pressure areas tend to be very stable, atmospherically speaking, so any cloud formation doesn't typically grow very tall, so you might just have clear skies," she said.

Since November 2017 the southwest has been very dry compared to normal and in March the weather station in Swift Current recorded 0.8 millimetres of precipitation.

"We probably had a number of systems go through, low-pressure systems, that would normally bring cloud and precipitation, but the air being drier, the precipitation dried up on the way down, becoming virga instead of actual showers," Hasell said.

The least amount of precipitation recorded in March in Swift Current history was back in 1906 when only 0.5 millimetres was recorded.