July Review / August Preview

So after 5 very warm months, we finally get a pretty normal one with July:

About 3/4 of the time we'll have some days above 30°C, but this year we had none. And we had 9 days above 25°C, which is a bit below the recent average of 11. We did nearly have every day above 20°C which hasn't happened in the last 20 years, but the 31st just missed it by topping out at 19.3°C.

There isn't too much exciting for the lows, with most nights staying between 10°C and 15°C

I'd mentioned in an earlier post that July 22 is the point where Edmonton's temperatures start heading down again, and we can see that with the quartiles:

This July didn't have any days near the 20-year highs, but it did have 11 days below average. For the most part, the month was nicely stuck in the 25th-75th percentile band.

And the lows tell a similar story, with 9 days below the 20-year average, and one day that was close to the max.

Plenty of people have also been talking about the rain that we received in July, and I'll be back with a special post about that in a few days.

As for August:

The highs should be pretty similar to July, but we're definitely on a downward trend. We only hit 30°C about 1/2 the time in August, compared to 3/4 for July. The average number of days above 25°C is 10, compared to 11. And average days above 20°C is 22 down from 25.

For the lows, we should start to see more nights in the 5°C to 10°C range, and maybe one or two below 5°C.