Starting this week, drinking water relief for those with shortages will be offered at select fire stations in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

One farmer says he'd like to be irrigating his crops for about 90 minutes every day, but with his water supply so low he has reduced that to a total of 90 minutes a week.

Strong winds and a lack of precipitation is drying out many fields as seeding nears completion, Saskatchewan Agriculture reported.

Cool, wet weather is moving in as we close out spring and welcome summer but rain is good thing as drought conditions continues into June for parts of Alberta.

Saskatchewan Agriculture says topsoil conditions continue to deteriorate due to strong winds and a lack of moisture.

In 72 hours, up to 72 millimetres of rain drenched southern Alberta as an upper trough pushed across the province.

The WSA said the far north and most of southern Saskatchewan are expected to have a below normal spring runoff.

While the City of Winnipeg digs out from the latest dump of snow, farmers around them are happy to see the amount of moisture this year.

"What our biggest issue potentially going into the summer will be is if we have enough subsoil moisture," said crop extension specialist Shannon Friesen.