More Rain In The Forecast This Week, But Summer Will Finally Return
Posted August 11, 2008 12:00 pm.
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They call it news but for long suffering summer fans, this really isn’t much of a headline: more rain is expected this week.
After a washout of a weekend, we could certainly use a better forecast and there’s one coming – but you’ll have to wait a few days. Sunday was damp and cool but a lot better than Saturday, when it rained seemingly non-stop for most of the day.
We set the all-time record for a soggy summer that night, with a reading of 358.2 millimetres at Pearson International Airport. That easily smashes the old June 1-Aug. 31st record of 335.9mm we were complaining about in the water-logged summer of 1986.
And there’s more where that came from. Forecasters say clouds will move back in and there’s a risk of thunderstorms for the drive home and evening hours. They’ll be isolated in nature so you may not get them where you are.
More showers are possible for Wednesday.
The other thing you’ll notice is the temperature – or lack of it. It was so cool at night this past weekend that some people were forced to grit their teeth and actually turn on their furnace for a time, something unusual for mid-August.
Readings in the low teens aren’t unheard of at this time of year – the average minimum temperature is 14.7C – but all that rain and a chilly breeze made it feel cooler than it actually was.
We’re still nowhere near the all-time record for the coolest August night, though. That was set back in 1965, when the mercury actually dipped to a teeth-chattering 1.1C on the 30th.
Fortunately, that won’t be the case this week. After a few more cool days with highs around 22C – the norm is 26C – we’ll recover and hit more summer-like conditions for Thursday and Friday.
And let’s hope they’ve gotten the long range forecast right. After raining in 19 of the last 27 weekend days, the early prediction for next Saturday and Sunday is mostly sunny and warm, with highs touching a humid 26C-28C – and no precipitation, a perfect start for the CNE, which officially opens on Friday.
