Calgary's wettest year since 2016

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City, southern Alberta farmers encouraged after 2024 was Calgary's wettest year since 2016

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Calgary received 494 millimetres of precipitation last year , the most the city has received since 2016 .

In 2020 , Calgary got 477 mm , followed by three drier years of 293 , 335 and 268.9 mm , in 2021 , 2022 and 2023 .

The amount of precipitation in Calgary was welcome given the talk of drought early last year .

City officials are working on numerous water-related projects this year .

Going into the growing season , the situation looks better than it has the past few years .

“Crops were much better than they had been in probably the last four years ,” says farmer.

Southern Alberta does n’t usually get its major snowfalls until spring — and if that’s the case this year , it will be off to a real good start,’ says producer.

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