Last year in southern Ontario July was cool and rainy, but this year July was hot and humid and almost as wet, according to Environment Canada. Last month we enjoyed (at least I did) more than 130 mm of rain (over 5 inches), which is 50% more than we normally get in mid-summer.
From Agriculture Canada's national information service
The upshot of this is of course that our landscape looks lush and green, and so I’m happy. I’m actually surprised that this summer has turned out to be so wet because we had a few weeks in early spring that were very dry, and unseasonably hot — in fact, we got July weather in April. This marks three summers in a row with higher than average precipitation.
It’s all good as far as I’m concerned: our first few years at this property were very dry, culminating in the drought of 2007, when we had virtually no rain from spring to fall. This was said to be a once in 50 years drought, which I hope we never have to experience again.
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Hmmm, June was extremely wet here (I waited three weeks to be able to truck soil in for my new, raised veggie beds), but July has been rather dry. A few showers, but the garden certainly would like more (guess that the high humidity doesn’t count) – and I only water the veggie garden and my pots. You wouldn’t think that we live that close, would you?
Lene
I know — it’s amazing how localized precipitation is. It’s frustrating when you get either too much or too little rain.
Wow there’s a rare one…hot and rainy! I wish we had that this year!!