After a relatively dry June with just 21 mm of rain in the Kamloops area, Environment Canada says the last few days have been good news.

Forecaster Doug Lundquist says June usually sees about 37 mm of precipitation, but he notes that can also stretch into the early part of July.

However, looking at the past 90 days, Lundquist says things have been right around average.

“With the 6.3 mm of rain yesterday, in the last 90 days we’ve got about 60 mm of precipitation. We usually get just a little over 70 mm,” he said. “We have more showers forecast for the next few days, so I think by the time the weekend is over, we’ll be pretty close to dead on average for precipitation.”

Lundquist says most of the 10 to 20 mm of rain he’s expecting through Sunday will happen tonight into tomorrow.

Next week he notes will be a different picture altogether, and Lundquist is expecting a return to highs around 30 degrees with lots of sunshine.

“It’s usually around the 7th of July plus or minus a week and it’s pretty much bang on what we are forecasting,” said Lundquist. “The change is coming Monday, and we expect it to start warm and dry as a ridge of high pressure builds over the area.”

“By Tuesday through Thursday, we’re expecting highs probably in the 30 degree range and lots of sun again.”

Lundquist says the last time the area had a decent spell of rainy days was in 2012/13, nothing it’s a welcome change.