Farmers are appreciating the moisture from Thursday's snowfall event.
A snowfall warning was in place for the majority of the day, covering a large chunk of the province from the west to the east.
Preliminary data from Environment Canada, as of 4 a.m. Friday, shows the weather station in Regina recorded 9 centimetres (cm), Kindersley 15cm, and Saskatoon 6cm.
Environment Canada says social media reports suggest Regina had a higher amount at 19cm, while Eatonia had 48cm, Moose Jaw 18cm, Pense 15cm, and Wolseley and Pilote Butte each had 10cm of snow.
Parts of the southwest was in on the snowfall, including the Cabri area where Kevin Hursh, Chief Agricultural Editor of SaskAgToday.com, farms.
"It came down pretty heavy by times," said Hursh, "It's hard to tell how much there was in total because I think it sunk down and kind of concentrated at least in the early stages. But a very welcome amount of moisture. This area, as far as subsoil moisture, has been a worry all year and for many years, so to have a snowfall event like this to provide some moisture is very, very welcome."
Hursh adds the precipitation might push seeding a bit later than the typical mid-to-late April start in parts of the southwest that did get it.
In the Flintoft area, south of Assiniboia, President of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association Jeff Yorga says they got rain and snow.
"Probably here we had three-tenths of rain followed by four or five inches of snow." said Yorga Friday morning.
"Currently, it's 10 below and the wind is howling, so this is not April weather. If you look outside, it looks like February. With that being said, there is sunshine on the horizon and we're looking forward to seeing some green grass as a result of this."
Yorga notes the area hasn't had a weather event like this in April in about a decade.
"As much as this is a challenge to deal with for a couple of days, this is very welcome. The Colorado lows have been going to the east and they haven't been hitting us this far west. To have one come and hit us hopefully signals a pattern change where we're going to get some spring precipitation." he said.
In the Fillmore/Weyburn area, Chairperson of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission Jake Leguee with SaskWheat says they go more rain than snow.
"We might have gotten a couple centimeters altogether, but we got rain instead, so everything is extremely icy. We got about a half inch of rain overnight and woke up to everything covered in a sheet of ice." said Leguee.
Aside from the icy conditions caused by the rain, Leguee is feeling good about moisture heading into the seeding season.
"I think we'll be fine. I'm still hoping that we'll get started towards the end of April down here. It depends on what happens next week."
While the recent moisture is good, Environment Canada's map of agro-climate conditions in Saskatchewan still shows a moisture deficit in some regions.
Between September 1st and April 16, the west, southwest, and parts of the south-central regions are between 40 to 60 and 60 to 85 per cent of normal precipitation, while most of the northern grain belt, central, east, and southeast regions of the province are 80 to 115 per cent of normal.
