The summer drought came to an end at least statistically across the Okanagan last night with the return of rain.

But in terms of impacting the extreme fire hazard within the Kamloops Fire Zone, which includes the Okanagan region, we will need to see a lot more precipitation in the immediate days ahead.

Rachel Witt, fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, says anywhere from one to three millimetres of rain fell last night across the fire zone.

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What is needed, she says, is for extended rain to fall and soak into the ground to help suppress the wildfires currently burning.

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Witt says temperatures are expected to cool down with the rain forecast for the early part of this week, followed by the return of hot, dry weather although likely not reaching the 30 Celsius range experienced in recent weeks.

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There are currently 133 wildfires larger than .01 hectares burning across the province.