Roaring Flames
Senior Member
Drought conditions are recorded monthly, so as of now all we have are the June conditions
This is as of June 30:
This is as of June 30:
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Weather and Gardening Discussion
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Mountain Man
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Definitely no drought in the southern part of the region, but it sounds like they have had very little of this up north. Smoke starting to move in again this afternoon apparently.
Definitely no drought in the southern part of the region, but it sounds like they have had very little of this up north. Smoke starting to move in again this afternoon apparently.
Yeah the Bow is quite high, a lot of the little pathways I like to walk on the N side of Edworthy are currently under water.
Definitely no drought in the southern part of the region, but it sounds like they have had very little of this up north. Smoke starting to move in again this afternoon apparently.
trtcttc
Senior Member
It's also data by the airport. Because thunderstorms are so localized, it might already be the wettest overall for the city, just not at the airport.
Roaring Flames
Senior Member
There are four weather reporting stations in the Calgary area. Two are Nav Canada stations at Springbank Airport and YYC, and the other two are Environment and Climate Change Canada stations at COP and YYC
These are the precipitation totals for the month of July as of July 28th
YYC - ECCC data: 161.2 mm
YYC - NAVCAN data: 167.5 mm
COP - ECCC data: 183.5 mm
Springbank airport - NAVCAN data: 212 mm
These are the precipitation totals for the month of July as of July 28th
YYC - ECCC data: 161.2 mm
YYC - NAVCAN data: 167.5 mm
COP - ECCC data: 183.5 mm
Springbank airport - NAVCAN data: 212 mm
Mountain Man
Senior Member
I bet we will get a big heat wave at some point in August. Whatever system is giving us all this rain has to move out at some point...
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Springbank to YCC is about 25km, and shows a 25 to 30% difference in rainfall. Illustrates the highly localized rain conditions here.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Damn, Springbank airport area must be super green and lush this summer!! lol
I flew in yesterday and from the plane was shocked how green Calgary and area is. Usually by now everything's a mix of light green, yellow and brown. If I'm not mistaken, don't la nina years usually have a wet summer?
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Smoke is gross this morning, glad we haven't had much of this so far this summer!
CBBarnett
Senior Member
It's been one of the better summers in recent memory for plants, particularly trees. All the stats don't easily reflect it, but the secret sauce this year was many soaking rains that were spread out over June and July, a general lack of hail storms (apart from a few big ones in the NW/NE), and no extended dry/hot periods (until just recently).
For anyone getting the idea that this summer has been a cold and wet one, here's a helpful stat to remind us that climate change is alive and well, for better or worse. From that https://www.reddit.com/r/CalgaryWxRecords/ . Despite missing out on a few 30 degree days this summer it's still been one of the warmest summers in Calgary's history.
Cold nights are a thing of the past, depending on how September 2025 goes, we might end up in the top 2 or 3 for most days with a high minimum temperature:
Just yesterday my wife and I were talking about how we used to be paranoid of frost warnings and my vegetable garden at this time of year, but it's been at least a decade or longer since I've had to worry about a frost in late August-early September. In fact for my particular backyard, I haven't had a killing frost on the garden during September for quite a few years.