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Table 2

Monthly average maximum, minimum, and mean temperatures (°C) and precipitation (mm) at Brandon, MB and Swift Current, SK, Canada from 1994 to 1996 and the 30-year (1971 to 2000) means (Environment Canada 2009).


Month		Brandon				Swift Current
Month				Precip.				Precip.

				1971–2000 mean

May	19.2	4.4	11.8	52.6	17.6	4.5	11.1	49.5
June	23.5	9.8	16.6	75.7	22	9.2	15.6	66
July	25.9	11.9	18.9	72.5	24.8	11.3	18.1	52
Aug.	25.4	10.5	18	69.2	25	10.8	17.9	39.9
Sept.	18.8	4.9	11.9	48.3	18.3	5.3	11.8	30.2

				1994

May	19.6	3.4	11.6	48.2	18	5	11.5	62.4
June	22.2	9.4	15.9	75.7	20.8	8.8	14.8	89.2
July	23.9	10.1	17	47.2	25.6	10.6	18.1	22.4
Aug.	22.9	9	16	30.8	24.8	10.3	17.6	23.2
Sept.	21.6	5.4	13.6	52.6	22.5	7.5	15	10.9

				1995

May	16.8	3	9.9	56.4	16.2	3.2	9.7	29
June	25.2	11.6	18.5	77.7	22.8	9.9	16.4	101
July	25.1	11.7	18.4	25.2	23.6	11.2	17.4	57.1
Aug.	26.2	10.6	18.4	24.6	23	10.3	16.7	107.6
Sept.	19.8	3.3	11.6	31.8	18.3	5.5	11.9	52.8

				1996

May	14.6	1.7	8.2	86.8	13.2	2.4	7.8	65
June	23.6	10.8	17.1	41	21.7	10	15.9	77.7
July	24.4	11.3	17.9	62	24.3	11.1	17.7	23.1
August	26.7	10.4	18.5	22.4	27.3	11.6	19.5	32.6
Sept.	18	5.2	11.6	57.8	15.3	5.3	10.3	105.7