It wasn\u0027t just the amount of rain, either: 19 of 31 days in August had measurable rain, just one off the record of 20 in August 1946.
Most significant summer rains are associated with thunderstorms, and July is typically wetter than August, Campbell said. The five wettest months in Ottawa weather history have been in July, he said.This summer, Environment Canada recorded just 24 millimetres of rain during July, but Campbell said that figure was misleading.
“Thunderstorm can be two or three kilometres across and they whizz across the city in all different directions. So there are some parts of the city that were very dry. I get feedback from people saying, ‘My lawn is dead. I haven’t seen rain all summer.’ And other people have had swamped basements from the rain. Certainly, my garden is overgrown because it’s been so wet.”Article content
“My winter wheat crop, like many others in the area, has been a record yield for both grain and straw,” Thoms said Wednesday. “Our hay crop this year was huge, as well.
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