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How Much Rain Did Saskatchewan Get? A Look at Three Wet Weeks Across Saskatchewan

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Dale Murdoch

If there’s one question being asked around Saskatchewan right now, it’s probably:

“How much rain did you get?”

For a lot of the province, the answer is a lot.

Another wet week has kept some combines parked and pushed harvest well behind its usual pace.

Saskatchewan Agriculture says harvest is now just 32% complete as of September 14th, compared with a five-year average of 71% for this point in the season.

How much rain fell?

Rainfall across SK — Aug. 25 to Sept. 14

Rainfall varied by area, but Saskatchewan Agriculture reporting stations recorded some significant totals:

Reporting Area	3-week rainfall
Sarnia	246 mm / 9.7”
Prairie Rose	239 mm / 9.4”
Foam Lake	214 mm / 8.4”
Francis	213 mm / 8.4”
Eyebrow	200 mm / 7.9”
Aberdeen	199 mm / 7.8”
Kelvington	184 mm / 7.2”
Langenburg	169 mm / 6.7”
Dufferin	165 mm / 6.5”
Grant	164 mm / 6.5”
Dundurn	146 mm / 5.7”
Bayne	143 mm / 5.6”
Nipawin	142 mm / 5.6”
Fertile Valley	140 mm / 5.5”
Rudy / Outlook area	138 mm / 5.4”
Invergordon	138 mm / 5.4”
Caron	136 mm / 5.4”
Moose Jaw	119 mm / 4.7”
Perdue	113 mm / 4.4”
Meeting Lake	93 mm / 3.7”
Milden	90 mm / 3.5”
Biggar	87 mm / 3.4”
Round Hill	86 mm / 3.4”
Harris	75 mm / 3.0”
Meadow Lake	27 mm / 1.1”

These are observations from specific reporting points and shouldn’t be taken as an average for an entire RM. Rainfall can vary considerably within an RM. Totals calculated from Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly rainfall observations for Aug. 25–31, Sept. 1–7 and Sept. 8–14.

Harvest has barely moved

Saskatchewan was 27% harvested after the first wet week. A week later, it was 32%.

There is still a lot of crop standing:

Lentils — 88% harvested
Field peas — 84%
Oats — 19%
Spring wheat — 17%
Canola — 15%
Flax — 5%

For a lot of producers, the next move depends on getting a stretch of warm, dry and windy weather.

Quality is becoming part of the conversation

Getting the crop off is one issue.

What happens to mature grain sitting through repeated rain is another.

Saskatchewan Agriculture is reporting concerns related to excess moisture, lodging, bleaching and sprouting in some areas.

Early grade numbers are also running below longer-term averages for some crops, including field peas, lentils and durum.

Conditions still vary considerably from farm to farm, but after this much September moisture, quality may become just as important a conversation as yield.

For now, we wait for harvest weather

There is still a lot of crop to come off.

What producers need now is pretty simple:

Sun. Wind. And a break from the rain.

Until then, the question around the coffee shop and fuel station will probably stay the same.. “So, how much did you get?”

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