There is still a need for the much-needed rain after some scattered summer showers across southwestern Ontario on Sunday.

Farmers in Chatham-Kent and Windsor-Essex believe it is too early to determine whether the rainfall received is sufficient to produce a bountiful crop later this season.

Leon Leclair, near Pine Court, Ontario, said: "We hope it’s not too late."

Leclair explained, "I am still optimistic, you know damage has occurred." "We have missed a lot of rain for a very long time. The crop still looks good, but damage has occurred."

Leclair said some areas experienced heavier rainfall than other nearby places over the weekend.

Leclair told CTV News he believes this is the driest summer in southwestern Ontario since 1988, adding that the crops are suffering from drought stress.

Philip Shaw, an agricultural economist in the Dresden area, said: "They say crops don’t like wet feet, and I don’t really think their feet are wet right now." "But we can use more rain in the next little while."

Shaw said many farmers who did not receive enough rain over the weekend are worried about what temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius for a week will do to the crops.

"I think people are grateful for what they got." Shaw explained that it came at a very critical time for corn because the corn will be pollinated very soon. "It may be too late for some, but getting that kind of moisture is very welcome, especially in midsummer and especially when we have been very dry over the past few weeks."

Jay Cunningham, head of the Kent Agriculture Union, told CTV News that it is too early to predict whether this season's drought conditions will negatively impact the crops.

He added that the rain that fell over the weekend came at a convenient time, but more is needed to face consecutive hot days and this is due to Mother Nature.