Communities across southern Manitoba were drenched with rain over three days going into the weekend, and Environment and Climate Change Canada has released numbers to show exactly which ones were hit the heaviest.
Zhoda tops the list, having received 144 mm of rain between Thursday night and Saturday night. Other Manitoba communities that received more than 100 mm of rain in that time period include Brandon, Marchand and Dominion City.
In Winnipeg, where people found themselves in need of rescue from cars stranded in streets that flooded Friday morning, 45 mm of rain was recorded at the airport and 53 mm at The Forks over the same three days.
The storm system also brought heavy showers and thunderstorms.
Below is the full list of figures released by Environment Canada Monday.
All totals represent how much rain that fell between Thursday and Saturday night, and Environment Canada notes the numbers are preliminary:
- Winnipeg Airport: 45
- Winnipeg The Forks: 53
- Brandon: 113 to 122
- Steinbach: 71
- Portage la Prairie: 49
- Portage la Prairie - Southport: 55
- Winkler: 51
- Selkirk: 38
- Morden: 49
- Dauphin: 24
- Zhoda: 144
- Rosa: 129
- Gardenton: 127
- Marchand: 115
- Dominion city: 110
- Mountainside: 108
- Woodlands: 105
- Sprague: 103
- Altona: 100
- Argue: 99
- Boissevain: 98
- Morris: 97
- Elie: 93
- Dand: 91
- St. Pierre: 89
- Menisino: 88
- Carberry: 87
- Lakeland: 87
- Forrest: 85
- Ninette: 84
- Neepawa: 84
- Shilo: 83
- Rivers: 80 (Source: Environment Canada)
Brandon’s rainfall was also record breaking: Saturday saw the highest-ever rainfall amount recorded on a single day in September in the Wheat City, at 69 millimetres. The month overall was also the rainiest September on record in Brandon.
