You are not imagining it; it has rained extra within the final three months than another three-month span within the final 35 years.
In response to Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist with Setting Canada, there was 40 per cent extra rain in June than regular and 60 per cent extra rain within the final three months than regular.
“There’s extra days with rain and when it rains, it rains heavy,” Phillips informed Ontario Chronicle.
Phillips says the common rainfall quantity of 10 millimetres per day is regular.
Nonetheless, Setting Canada mentioned Barrie, Muskoka and Orillia exceeded that by fairly a bit this weekend.
Barrie obtained 40.4 millimetres, Muskoka acquired 39.7 mm of rain and Orillia noticed 40.6 mm by midday on Sunday.
Phillips says the whole rainfall for April, Might and June was 358 mm, after we would usually see solely 225 mm.
“It has been the wettest April, Might, June on document,” he added.
On Saturday, the Lake Simcoe Area Conservation Authority suggested that Setting Canada has launched a Particular Climate Assertion within the Lake Simcoe Watershed.
Clusters of extreme thunderstorms able to producing heavy rain, sturdy wind gusts, and hail have been transferring by way of the Lake Simcoe watershed between Saturday and Sunday.
Regionally heavy rainfall of 30-50 mm was anticipated as much as and together with Tuesday’s forecasted rain.
The Northern Tornadoes Challenge out of Western College confirmed {that a} twister of EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale touched down in CFB Borden on Saturday.
