Calgary leads all major Canadian cities for rainfall this summer | Daily Hive

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This summer in Calgary hasn’t been the prettiest, and YYC even leads the country for rainfall in major cities this summer.

We have seen so much rain this summer that last month was the third rainiest July on record in Calgary, which got us wondering how Cowtown stacks up against other major cities across Canada this summer.

Daily Hive got a hold of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) scientist Christy Climenhaga on just how much rainfall Calgary has received so far this summer.

“Just looking historically, it did make it the third wettest July on record, behind 1927 when they saw 254.4 millimetres, and 2016 when they saw 206.1 millimetres,” Climenhaga explained.

Calgary saw a total of 162.1 millimetres of rain in July, and 210.7 millimetres from July 1 to Aug. 12, 2025, making it the rainiest city in Canada during that six-week period.

On average, Calgary typically receives around 65.7 millimetres of rain in the month of July, meaning the city has already seen more than double the average rainfall.

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Montreal was the second rainiest city over the same six-week period, recording 140.2 millimetres, roughly 20 millimetres less than Calgary over the same time period.

Edmonton sat in third place, with the city seeing 132.8 millimetres of rain from July 1 to Aug. 12. In comparison, they only saw 67.8 millimetres in the same timeframe last year.

Victoria saw the least amount of rain in the country, as it only saw 3.2 millimetres of rain.

As for the rest of the month, Calgarians should expect the rain to continue.

“Our forecast models are still kind of pulling that wetter than normal trend for August, for much of southern Alberta,” Climenhaga said.

So far in August, Calgary has already seen 31.7 millimetres of rain, compared to the monthly average of 53.8 millimetres, meaning that the city is already more than halfway to its typical rainfall for the entire month.

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If you are concerned about whether a wetter-than-normal summer translates to a wetter-than-normal fall, Climenhaga cautioned it’s too early to get a clear picture of what is on the way.

“Looking at our forecast for the fall, it’s still not showing much of a trend for precipitation in Alberta. So that doesn’t mean wetter, or drier, or normal. That just means that our models aren’t really pulling in a trend for the precipitation for the fall,” Climenhaga said.

“When you’re looking at temperatures for the fall, there is a slightly warmer than normal trend from really most of the country, but including Alberta, pretty low confidence at this point. So you know, as we get closer to the start of meteorological fall, we’ll hopefully get a little more information.”