With August well underway, experts have had the opportunity to comb through the data on what Waterloo Region saw in the skies last month, with figures showing it saw the second-warmest day for the region in 26 years.
The details are coming from the E.D. Soulis Memorial Weather Station at the University of Waterloo, which said that it was a hot, dry month of July as the region really pushed into the toasty summer weather.
“The month started out really warm, with the average high for the first 14 days coming in at almost 30 Celsius,” said Frank Seglenieks, Coordinator of the E.D. Soulis Weather Station.
“The second half was not quite as hot, resulting in the overall temperature being one degree above average.”
He added, though, that “if it wasn’t for a couple of days in June of last year, the 34.2 Celsius on the (July) 14 would have been the warmest temperature in the region since July of 2000.”
While the soaring temperatures caught a majority of the attention last month, the rain, or lack thereof, was also of note, as the region only saw precipitation across 7 days throughout the entire month.
While the number of days which saw rain was fairly low, the amount was still fairly average for the region, with a total of 77.6 mm of rain falling across the 7 days, the average normally sitting closer to 84 mm.
Even though there wasn’t a ton of rain comparatively, the year as a whole is still well above normal levels when it comes to overall precipitation.
According to the weather station, 2026 has seen 601 mm of precipitation so far in the year, while the average is close to 100 mm less at 509 mm.
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