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Springbank Airport 2nd rainiest spot after Okotoks this summer

Environment Canada data suggests Springbank Airport saw more than 200 mm of rain in July
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A man bikes through rain in Okotoks. Over 200 mm of precipitation fell in Okotoks in July, making it the rainiest place in Canada for the month.

Okotoks got more rain than anywhere else in Canada last month. 

July saw 218.2 mm of rain recorded at an Okotoks weather station, according to a monthly climate summary from Environment and Climate Change Canada

Data for the month says rainfall was measured on 20 days during the month.

The rainiest day was July 21, when 46.4 mm of rain was recorded, and the longest streak of measured precipitation was 10 days in a row.

A Government of Canada website says normal rainfall in July in Okotoks is about 54 mm, but it uses data from 1981 to 2010. 

Springbank Airport, northwest of Calgary, was the second rainiest spot in the country last month. 

It was the only other place in Alberta to see more than 200 mm of precipitation in July, recording a monthly total of 212.2 mm of rain. 

Environment Canada generates monthly climate summaries on the fifth day of each month for the previous month.

Data has undergone basic quality checking and is subject to change, Environment Canada said.

 




Robert Korotyszyn

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Robert Korotyszyn covers Okotoks and Foothills County news for WesternWheel.ca and the Western Wheel newspaper. For story tips contact [email protected]
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