2026 is the wettest summer on record in Edmonton - with more storms expected
Edmonton has recorded its wettest summer in over 70 years, with severe thunderstorms causing record-breaking precipitation levels. Meteorologists attribute the persistent rain to a cycle of moisture that has kept the region saturated since June.
Why it matters
Extreme weather patterns are impacting local infrastructure and agriculture, highlighting the ongoing effects of climate variability.
Edmonton has broken a record for the wettest summer on record — and it isn’t even August.
It’s been two months of nearly back-to-back severe thunderstorms: June had 15 days with storms and this month has had 19, as of Monday, July 27.
Brian Proctor, meteorologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada , said the wettest summer on record in the capital city was more than 70 years ago.
In 1953, the city received 417 millimetres of rain from June through August.
So typically, our summers, if we look at the three months of June, July and August, we see on average about 213.3 millimetres,” Proctor said in an interview.
“But this year, it has been exceptionally wet and exceptionally stormy.”
Between the beginning of June and Tuesday, the region has been saturated by 580 millimetres of rain and July isn’t over yet.
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