Even prior to Thursday’s deluge, Ottawa had actually currently taped 50.3 millimetres of rain in the very first 9 days of this month.
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As soon as the month of brown yards and dry plants, the last 2 Augusts have actually been extremely damp ones in Ottawa.
Thursday’s rainstorm, which flooded underpasses, areas and the Merivale Road Costco, came hardly a year after another deluge. More than 105 millimetres of rain soaked the city on Aug. 7-8, 2022, the bulk of the 189 millimetres total that fell that month, making it the 2nd rainiest August because record keeping started. The record of 204.2 millimetres was embeded in August 1893.
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The rainiest month in Ottawa history was July 1899, when 250 millimetres of rain fell. 4 of the wettest months in the city’s history have actually happened this century: July 2017, 249.8 mm; July 2009, 243.6 mm; June 2002, 204.2 mm; and the previously mentioned August 2022, 189.
Thursday’s overall rains will not be verified up until Friday, however it appeared specific to go beyond the previous rains record for Aug. 10 of 67.0 millimetres embeded in 2004.
Ottawa had actually currently tape-recorded 50.3 millimetres of rain in the very first 9 days of this month. A typical August in Ottawa has about 85 millimetres of rain.
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