July 2022 Review

That was a pretty pleasant July, 2022. Let's see how it compared to other years.

July 2022's average High of 24.6°C ranked as 27th warmest since 1880. That's below 2021's 25.9°C, but in the same range as 2014-2018. 

The average Low of 14.6°C was actually really warm, and ranked as 3th warmest. That's behind 14.9°C in 2021 and 15.2°C in 2007.

 

High Temperatures

It feels like a long time ago now, but the first week of July was actually pretty cool, with July 2nd's High only 14.4°C. But from the 7th onward things warmed up, and were mostly above average. 

The count ends up with 20 Highs above-average and 11 below.

In July we average about 11 Highs of 25°C or more, and in 2022 we were up at 17. That included 2 Highs which reached 30°C. And on the opposite end, we had 2 Highs below 15°C.

With the long stretch of warm days from the 7th to the 30th we had 24 Highs in-a-row above 22°C. That's the 6th longest streak. 2006 has the record with 34 days in-a-row.

 

Warm Days So Far

For the summer so far we have had 19 days reach 25°C. That's around average, after a slow start to the summer. It is down from warm summers like 2021 and 2015-2018, but more than 2020 or 2019.

We've had 2 days reach 30°C, which is typical enough.

 

Low Temperatures

July 2022's Lows were pretty warm, with 25 above average and only 6 below. We set 3 new records for warmest-Lows on July 16th, 28th & 29th.

July averages about 5 Lows below 10°C, and 2022 only had 1, on July 3rd at 7.1°C. July also averages about 6 Lows above 15°C, and 2022 was up at 15.

 

Warm & Cold Months

July 2022's average High of 24.6°C ends up 1.4°C above the 20th century average. It's a medium, orange circle compared to warm Julys like 2021, or 2015-2018.

The average Low of 14.6°C was 3.6°C warmer than the 20th century average, and continues a long string of orange.

 

Across Canada

For July Highs across the country St. John's was the most above-average, while poor Winnipeg gets yet another below-average month. For the Lows, Edmonton was the most above-average.

 

Hot Days Across Canada

For 25°C days this summer the central cities are all right on their average, and the west is a bit low.

For 30°C days everyone is a little below-average for the end of July.

 

Precipitation

In July we average 89mm of rain.

In 2022 Stony Plain was well above that at 121mm, thanks to a few big storms. Blatchford and the Airport were below average with 55mm and 65mm.

The bubbles here are rain events for June & July, and for 2022 things really dried up starting around July 8th. We often get storms throughout the whole month of July, but not this year.

July averages 15 days with precipitation.

In 2022 Blatchford and the Airport each had 14 days. Even though Stony Plain had the most rain with 121mm, it recorded the fewest rainy days with 10.

By the end of July we average around 294mm of precipitation for the year. Blatchford is just below that with 288mm, while the Airport and Stony Plain have 334mm and 377mm. Of all of the local stations Stony Plain has the most with 377mm, and Campsie's 220mm is the lowest.

 

Precipitation Across Canada

This messy chart has 2022's precipitation for 11 cities. Saskatoon & Regina are at the bottom. Next, Edmonton & Calgary are almost tied around 290mm. At the top Halifax is above 800mm, and St. John's is getting close to 1000mm.

And for big July storms, Regina and St. John's both had 40mm+ storms. Montréal and Halifax had 30mm+ storms. And Edmonton, Winnipeg and Ottawa all had 20mm+ storms.

 

August Weather

For August we average 25 Highs which reach 20°C, including ~10 above 25°C. About half of the time August hits 30°C.

Most Lows are 10~15°C, but half of the time August will have a night below 5°C.

And August is our 3rd rainiest month averaging 52mm of precipitation.