Truemors
Rain rain, go away...but a few more drops won't hurt us folk in Toronto from getting a record amount of precipitation this week.
Around 240 millimetres of rain has fallen since the beginning of last month, and only another 30 stands between it and the old July record, set in 1980. That rainfall was 271.5 millimetres.
I know that personally, it's been a matter of carrying an umbrella everywhere we go, even if it looks nice out as it has gone from gorgeous summer day to pouring rain in 5 minutes before.
Huddling in a doorway for half an hour while buckets of water pour down isn't exactly my idea of fun, but if we're going to get it, we might as well set a record doing it!
Rain is forecast to sweep across the Toronto area again on Wednesday — and Environment Canada said the city is just a few millimetres away from setting a precipitation record for the months of June and July.
Heavy thunderstorms hit southern Ontario on Tuesday night and in some areas what fell from the sky was hail.
According to Environment Canada, 2008 has been one of the wettest summers ever in the Greater Toronto Area and it's only July. The agency said about 240 millimetres of rain has fallen since the beginning of last month.
frankejames : Will rainfall overwhelm Toronto sewers? Need more green driveways, green alleys, permeable sidewalks to absorb rain! http://is.gd/11ms andrewlockhart : hoping that somehow it doesn't rain tonight at the Toronto FC game.2008-07-22 the_jug : Morning Twitters and it a rain day in Toronto. 2008-07-20 10:14:00
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