The average High of 25°C was the 23rd warmest. That's below #1st place 2024, but above 2025, 2023 & 2022.
The average Low of 13.4°C was 13th warmest. That's above 2025 but below 2021-2024.
High Temperatures
July's Highs were mostly right around our average of 24°C, with a few warm stretches later in the month.
High Temperatures
Overall 18 Highs were above-average, and 13 were below. And nothing was very extreme.
The warmest was 30.7°C on the 17th, and the coldest was 20.4°C on the 5th.
On average July has 13 Highs reach 25°C, and 2026 had 14.
July averages 2 30°C Highs, and 2026 had 2 on the 17th & 18th.
July also averages 5 Highs below 20°C, and 2026 had 0 of those cooler days. That's only happened 3 times before, in 1936,1920 & 1881.
June & July
Comparing June & July, they were both ridiculously rainy.
But July ended up being pretty warm, while June was fairly cool.
Warm Days So Far
At the end of July we've had 4 Highs get to 30°C.
That doesn't compare with 2024 (11) or 2021 (13), but it's more than a lot of years.
June & July
Warm Days So Far
And we've had 25 Highs get to 25°C, which is pretty typical. Some big years were 2023 (41), 2021 (36) & 2018 (42).
Low Temperatures
For Low temperatures July 2026 had 21 above-average and 10 below.
Low Temperatures
They ranged from 8.1°C on the 6th to 17.8°C on the 17th.
A few of those could have been higher, but got knocked down by evening storms.
July Lows usually don't have much of a spread.
We average 3 below 10°C, and 2026 had 2.
And we average 7 above 15°C, and 2026 had 7.
Warm & Cold Months
July gets orange/warms dots. It's not as warm as 2024, but was warmer than a lot of years.
Warm & Cold Months
The average High of 25°C was 1.7°C warmer than the 20th century average.
The average Low of 13.4°C was 2.4°C warmer than the 20th century average.
Across Canada
July was above-average across most of Canada, with just the west coast and Dawson City on the cool side.
Across Canada
Kelowna was at the top with an average High of 31.7°C that was 4.1°C above their 20th century average.
At the other end Dawson City's 21.3°C was -1.3°C below theirs.
Precipitation
And now the unprecedented part: Precipitation!
Precipitation
July is usually our rainiest month, averaging 90mm.
In 2026 Blatchford almost tripled that, with 267.4mm.
Meanwhile, the neighbouring stations were way below, with Stony Plain at 110.9mm, and the airport at 107.2mm.
Why the huge difference between stations?
In June things were close, but in July multiple storms hit Blatchford straight-on, and glanced off the outlying stations.
Blatchford had 7 20mm+ days.
Villeneuve & Elk Island had 2, and the aiport & Stony Plain only had 1.
The stations are usually close over a whole year, although sometimes there are gaps.
In 2017 the airport was 115mm above Blatchford.
In 1980 Stony Plain was 179mm above Blatchford.
For 2026 Blatchford is 174mm over Stony Plain, and 238mm over the airport.
So July's 267.4mm ends up as Blatchford's 3rd rainiest month on record.
The only months with more were:
- last month's 269.1mm (1.7mm more)
- July 1901's 282.7mm (15.3mm more)
The previous record was 1901's 359mm (178mm less).
And the average is 160mm, so 2026 was 3.3x that.
And only 4 more have reached 200mm: July 2012 (Stony Plain), July 1982 (airport), July 1937 & June 1914.
So it's a lot of rain, and we got two of them in a row.
2026 So Far
At the end of July we've had a total of 659.7mm.
That is the 3rd highest year on record, with 5 months to go.
2026 So Far
The only years with more were 1901's 699mm, and 1900's 724mm.
In August we average another 50mm, which would move us very close to the record.
Storms
This year Blatchford has had 12 days with 20mm or more. The previous record was 7.
Storms
8 of those got to 30mm, when the previous record was 6 (and 3 is a lot).
And 4 of those got to 40mm, when the previous record was 2.
So the flooding is not a surprise.
Our monsoon season usually stretches from mid-May to mid-August, so we've still got a few weeks left.
June & July both average around 15 days with rain. In 2026 Blatchford got 19 & 17 respectively.
Things start to taper off in August, with it averaging 12 days.
Precipitation Across Canada
Blatchford's 659.7mm is enough to take 4th place among these Canadian cities. That last time that happened was never.
Precipitation Across Canada
Charlottetown is a bit ahead with 673mm, while Halifax & St. John's are near 800mm.
Calgary is down at 241mm, after getting only 17mm in July.
For big July storms it's Edmonton, and then everyone else.
We got 5 30mm+ days, while Ottawa got 2, and a few other cities had 1.
Edmonton's 268mm was 105mm more than 2nd place Ottawa's 163mm.
And for June+July Edmonton's 537mm was 250mm more than Ottawa's 287mm.
So who else gets 250mm+ months?
They're fairly common in Vancouver & St. John's.
Victoria, Halifax and Moncton have gotten quite a few as well.
And Winnipeg got one in 1901 (like Edmonton), while Ottawa & Montreal got one in 1899.
One notable difference with Vancouver's 250mm months is that they're all in the winter - usually November through January.
But even in Vancouver it's unusual to get 2 in-a-row. The last time that happened was November & December 1988.
350mm+ months are pretty rare:
- Halifax (3, most recently August 1971)
- St. John's (December 1909)
- Vancouver (8, most recently November 2006)
- Victoria (November 1990)
The River
It started July at 1,300m3/s, which is a lot, but not as high as 2020's 1900m3/s.
And then it spent a few weeks in the 500-600m3/s range.
August
For August on average we have 25 Highs which reach 20°C, including ~10 above 25°C.
August
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.
