Wettest summer on record and there’s more to come!
It’s official! The wettest summer on record (if you based it on Toronto Pearson’s weather data). As of August 10th, here’s the cumulative rainfall record from June 1st:
Three of the four stations exceeded the 300 mm mark and I won’t be surprised if we hit the 400 mm level before the month is over. More rain is in the forecast with slightly below temperatures.
For comparison, here’s the five wettest summer at Toronto Pearson Airport:
Note that the climatological summer spans from June to August. The all-time record from the downtown weather station is still standing at 402.6 mm.
In my next weather blog, we’ll explore the standard in measuring rainfall. If you’re interested on snowfall measurements and world record snowfall accumulations, please refer to my previous blogs last winter.
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Feel free to leave a comment or two 
KLM
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Comment from Michael T.
Time: August 14, 2008, 9:58 pm
Excellent website! I enjoy crunching past weather data numbers. Although Pearson Airport has a higher rainfall total this summer compared to downtown Toronto, the downtown station recorded more snow this past winter. Pearson recorded 194.0 cm (November-April) while Toronto City got 209.7 cm, which the highest since the 1959-60 winter (211.0 cm was recorded that winter). In fact, the 2007-08 season was the first since 1959-60 for the downtown site to go over the 200 cm seasonal snowfall mark. Other winter seasons where 200+ cm fell downtown include 1938-39 (209.7 cm and 1923-24 (around 204 cm). There were many seasons in the 1800s where it went over 200 cm. It will be interesting to see if Toronto can go over the 200 cm mark once again (it might be next winter; who knows?).