Rain or no rain, that was the question. How it was answered
for the month of July depended on where you live in Ontario.
There was either too much of it or not enough.
The wettest parts of the province were scattered. Some of the
most severe downpours were of short duration, but very intense.
Petawawa had one of those days on July 19. Environment Canada
has data showing more than 90 millimetres from two sites in the
area, but reports of almost double that amount were reported by
members of the public. Geraldton experienced two days where
rainfall measured in excess of 50 millimetres, on July 10 and
July 26.
Both of these locations established new monthly precipitation
records for July.
Very dry conditions were generally reported across most of
southern Ontario, but locations such as Thunder Bay and Sault
Ste Marie were also well below their monthly norms.
It was a fairly active month for thunderstorm activity across
the province. While some storms did produce local damage, the
event that stands out was a series of storms during the day on
July 8 and continuing into the early morning hours of the next
day.
While average temperatures for July did not show any
significant trends, a hot spell across Northern Ontario from
July 22-26 broke a number of single-day maximum temperature
records for places like Kenora, Red Lake, Dryden, Geraldton and
Kapuskasing.
This weather also prompted the issuance of humidex advisories
for communities extending up to the far northern reaches of the
province, with the effects of high humidity combining with the
record-breaking heat.
While this unseasonable weather was impacting Northern Ontario,
southern Ontario was under the influence of a large upper
disturbance which kept out the worst of the heat and
humidity.
This articles was supplied by Environment Canada.
