Were you wondering how summer was going to be? Look around -- it's not expected to change much.

Senior Climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada David Phillips says May and June have been dry and warm and the models are suggesting what you see is what you're going to get.

"Unfortunately, we see some very, very dry areas. I think one of the driest areas in all of Canada is south of Lake Manitoba, from Portage to Prairie, right down to the international border," says Phillips. "Precipitation is less than 40 per cent of normal, and June was disappointing, because June is your wettest month and you had just a piddly amount of precipitation."

June has been warmer than normal in Portage la Prairie, and Phillips says we've almost had five months worth of above 30 temperatures in just a few weeks.

"Already, in Portage, there have been 11 days where the temperature has been above 30. In a normal year, going from May, June, July, August, September, you get sixteen of those suckers and you've had temperatures that have been not just above 30, even 35, 36," says Phillips. "My sense is, going forward, that's what we're going to see. It's not going to be a dramatic turn around at all."

Phillips has sympathy for producers in the area, noting you can't farm with the variability of recent history. He says we had two of the driest years on record, followed by last year's record-setting wet weather. He says the models are suggesting July, August, and September are trending warmer than normal.

Phillips is hoping Mother Nature will bring more precipitation to the farmers that need it, while not bringing the extreme weather that could cause major issues.