The past weekend's heavy rainfall was good news for firefighters as it reduced the danger rating and enabled suppression efforts to continue on the fires that are continuing to burn.

Acting fire information officer Fiona Azizaj said this morning there have been no new fire starts nor growth on current fires over the weekend thanks to the rain.

However, there may be some areas of the territory that continue to experience smoke, she said.

The Robert Campbell Highway was reopened at 1 p.m. Sunday, but travellers continue to be reminded to use caution, proceeding slowly as crews are working to clear burned trees.

Drivers must slow to 50 kilometres per hour when they come to construction signs and crews working along the highway.

They're also advised to watch for trees that may have fallen into the roadway and be warry of reduced visibility due to smoke.

Wildland Fire Managment is also continuing to advise paddlers to avoid the Little Salmon River and the Carmacks area of the Yukon River in case of smoky conditions.

The two major fires that have been burning in the Carmacks area haven't grown.

The Mandanna Lake fire, approximately 22 km southeast of Carmacks, now measures 22,000 hectares and the Little Salmon River blaze, about 45 km east of Carmacks, is about 7,500 hectares in size.

A total of 116 firefighters from the territory as well as Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan, were in the area over the weekend. They had four helicopters and four pieces of heavy equipment to help their suppression efforts.

On Sunday, firefighters were patrolling the Mandana Lake fire north of the Yukon River.

They were widening contingency lines on the western portion and using pumps on hoses to mop up hotspots along control lines.

Working on the Little Salmon fire on Sunday, firefighters were assessing the eastern flank and extinguishing remaining hotspots, as well as working on cleaning up the Robert Campbell Highway area.

Structural protection has been put in place on the east side of the fire as well as at the Little Salmon village.

All campgrounds in the territory are now open. Four were closed last week due to fires.

However, only a portion of the Kusawa Lake Campground is open due to the heavy rainfall and risk of landslides.

Also, no tenting is permitted at the Congdon Creek Campground due to bear activity.

All areas of the territory are listed as being in a low danger warning with the exception of Dawson City, which is listed as moderate.

Meanwhile, Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald said this morning parts of the territory saw close to the same amount of rain in three days that they would normally see over the course of a month.

Faro, for example, had 58.2 millimeters of rain fall from Friday to Sunday. On average through July, it typically gets 58.8 mm.

In Whitehorse, 36.7 mm of rain fell over the three days. The capital city normally gets 41.4 mm over the course of the month.

The rainfall in the city also set a record for a one-day rainfall in July on Sunday, with 28.3 mm of rain falling through the day. That compares to the record of 23.2 mm recorded on July 27, 1991.

Other areas of the territory recorded rainfall of between 12.6 mm up to 50.2 mm over the weekend.

MacDonald noted that while there may be more rain and cooler temperatures today, that's expected to change tomorrow with a clearing pattern.

"Summer's coming back,” he said.

While some rain is also expected on Thursday or Friday, he added, it won't be anything like what Yukoners experienced over the weekend.