Toronto shatters record for the wettest summer season
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Toronto has shattered records for the wettest summer season after a weekend of intense rain and windy weather.
Toronto has shattered records for the wettest summer season after a weekend of intense rain and windy weather.
Geoff Coulson, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, told CP24 on Monday that a record-breaking 128.3 millimetres of rain fell at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Saturday alone.
“[It was a] huge amount of rain. Pretty much double a month's worth of rain or more falling in the span of just a few hours on Saturday,” Coulson said.
“With Saturday's number added into the total for June, July and August, we've now shattered the season record at Pearson Airport.”
He went on to say that this June, July, and August are the “wettest” they’ve “ever had” at the airport.
In addition to the heavy rainfall on Saturday, Coulson said the region also saw heavy rainfall in July, which has been marked the wettest month ever at Pearson due to the several thunderstorms that took place and the remnants of Hurricane Beryl that moved through.
“And we still got some time left in the month of August to add to that total,” he added.
