Just another rainy day in East Central Alberta

Several years ago we made the decision that if we were going away for vacation but not planning to leave this timezone, it was going to be in August not July. But over time, we forgot why, and instead booked a week off last week.

It rained half the time we were gone, and reminded us why we had initially made that decision.

I always thought June was our rainy month in East Central Alberta, but the truth is that according to weather records it is actually July. Realistically we have two rainy months, but I don’t remember anything like this year’s precipitation.

Of course this doesn’t apply to everywhere in the area, but in general our weather has been 50 per cent rainier than most years. On average in June and July we receive around 200 mm of moisture, and this year it has been well over 300 mm.

From May 9 to June 2 farmers in the area were concerned about their crops due to a lack of moisture. It had rained only three days in that time period. But that certainly changed. From June 3 to July 29 it has rained for 43 of 57 days and only once has it gone even three days without any rain. . . . contd.