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Who got the most rain? Environment Canada releases latest totals

Estevan, Sask., got a break from the weatherman Monday and was spared the torrential rainfall it saw on the weekend but other communities got hammered instead.

Weather warnings continue around Saskatchewan Tuesday

That big blob of yellow, red and purple over Saskatchewan shows the areas of heaviest rainfall over the 24 hours that began Monday, July 11. (Environment Canada)

Estevan, Sask., got a break from the weatherman Monday and was spared the torrential rainfall it saw on the weekend but other communities got hammered instead.

Twenty-four communities received more than 50 millimetres of rain in the 32 hours that ended 8 a.m. CST Tuesday.

The rainiest spot was Bjorkdale, a villageof about 200 located250 kilometres east of Saskatoon. It receivedabout 98millimetres, according to Environment Canada.

(Watrousoriginallyhad a report of88.9 mm, but thattotalwas later downgradedto 62.3 mm when a different rain gauge was used.)

Here's Environment Canada'slist of communities receiving significant rainfall over the 32-hour period.

  • Bjorkdale 97.5
  • Zenon Park 89.3
  • Blumenhof 87.8
  • Lloydminster 86.8
  • Holdfast 77.8
  • Aneroid 72.9
  • Craik 72.4
  • Davidson 69.1
  • Carrot River 68.6
  • Aylsham 67.5
  • Swift Current 65.3
  • Watrous 62.3
  • Milden 62.1
  • Hazenmore 61.6
  • Gravelbourg 59.8
  • Conquest 59.2
  • Island Falls 57.0
  • Val Marie 56.6
  • Perdue 52.8
  • Dinsmore 51.5
  • Mortlach 51.2
  • Aylesbury 50.8
  • Rosetown 50.7
  • Elbow 50.7
  • Wilkie 37.7
  • Willow Bunch 35.8
  • Balgonie 29.3
  • Saskatoon 23.6
  • Regina Airport 8.0

A wide area of Saskatchewan continued to be under a rainfall warning on Tuesday.

In Estevan, a major cleanup was underway after it received as much as 130 millimetres in some areas.

States of emergency were declared in Arborfield and Carrot River.

The weather office said today's rainfallwarnings will remain in effect until the entire system moves off into Manitoba later in the day.

The streets of Watrous were flooded on Monday. More than 62 millimetres fell on the town, Environment Canada says. (@yourfavjim/Twitter)
Parts of Estevan, Sask., were underwater on Sunday on what has been called the city's rainiest day ever. (Submitted by J. Dodd)
The streets were full of water around Estevan City Hall on Sunday. (Submitted by J. Dodd)
There was flooding outside the ScotiaBank and the Bank of Montreal in Estevan on Sunday. (Submitted by J. Dodd)
You could have taken a canoe around parts of Estevan on Sunday night. (Submitted by J. Dodd/CBC)