Mother Nature continued to deliver surprises in hailstone packages in late August and early September.
The Canadian Crop Hail Association reported today that hail claims continue to rise across Western Canada, and many areas have seen more than one major hailstorm this year.
Claim numbers in Saskatchewan are above the five-year average, and both storm intensity and damage claims are well above average, the association said.
Southern Alberta was hit Aug. 28 in a widespread storm, and hail has been reported somewhere in the province every day for the last three weeks.
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An Alberta storm inflicted heavy damage Aug. 19, and claims continue to be filed from that event.
Manitoba had escaped most hail damage until recently. In the past three weeks, storms resulted in hail claims on par with the five-year average, and a Sept. 2 storm drew many of those claims.
Saskatchewan major hailstorm dates and locations:
Aug. 19: Burstall, Richmound, Leader, Cabri, Kyle, Fox Valley, Mossbank, Assiniboia, Moose Jaw, Gravelbourg, White Bear, Coronach, Radville, Weyburn, Golden Prairie, Riverhurst and Central Butte
Aug. 20: Earl Grey
Aug. 28: Maple Creek, Gull Lake, Swift Current, Pennant, Success, Stewart Valley, Neville, Ponteix, Aneroid, Mankota, Lafleche, Herbert, Hodgeville, Shamrock, Coderre, Glen Bain, Woodrow, Gravelbourg, Lafleche, Vanguard, Kincaid, Assiniboia, Limerick and Kindersley, Broadview and Whitewood
Aug. 29: Oxbow
Aug. 31: Duck Lake, Rosthern, Cudworth, St. Louis, Domremy, Crystal Springs, Arborfield, Mossbank, Climax, Rockglen, Frontier, Crane Valley, Ponteix, Coronach, Big Beaver and Assiniboia
Alberta major hailstorm dates and locations:
Aug. 19: Schuler, Hilda, Hussar, Gleichen, Cluny, Dalemead, Strathmore, Standard, Rosebud and Vulcan
Aug. 20: Medicine Hat
Aug. 28: Del Bonita, Wrentham, Foremost, Taber, Orion, Lethbridge, Milk River, Coaldale, Warner, Cluny, Bentley, Ponoka
Aug. 29: Taber and Peers
Aug. 30: Olds, Drumheller, Morinville, Champion, Three Hills, Vulcan, Lomond and Carbon
Sept. 3: Thorhild
Sept. 4: Vegreville and Boyle
Manitoba major hailstorm dates and locations:
Aug.18: Grandview
Aug. 23: Grandview
Aug. 29: Baldur, Minto, Cardinal, St. Leon, Swan Lake and Notre Dame des Lourdes.
Sept. 1: La Riviere, McGregor, Minitonas, Morden, Morris, Treherne and Ridgeville
Sept. 2: Altona, Gretna, Holland, Morden, Morris, Rathwell, Roland, St. Claude,Treherne, Lasalle and Brunkild
Sept. 5: St. Rose Du Lac area
