Feeling a lot like Fall this week in southern Manitoba

WINNIPEG — School is back in session, and just like that, the weather has taken a definite turn to feeling more like Fall.

After a Labour Day weekend that saw some sunshine, hot temperatures, and unfortunately a lot of rain – southern Manitoba is feeling the difference in the temperature this week.

Our seasonal daytime high has now dropped to 20 Celsius with the overnight low of 8 C.

After reaching 28 C on Saturday our temperature dropped significantly Sunday to 19 C and along with that came the rain.

The Red River Valley was hit hardest by Sunday’s system while Winnipeg received much less than other areas with a total of 14 millimetres.

Here’s a look at rainfall totals from Environment Canada:

• St. Pieree-Jolys 81 mm
• Altona 70-80
• Gretna 75 mm
• Letellier 64 mm
• St. Malo 63 mm
• Steinbach 57 mm
• Morden 54 mm
• Emerson 50 mm
• Emerson 50 mm
• Winnipeg Airport 14 mm
• Winnipeg The Forks 14 mm

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Our forecast does see a chance of more rain coming our way on Wednesday night, but we are not expecting another soaker like we had over the weekend.