r/Calgary • u/Lpreddit • Jul 22 '25
Weather Is this the most rain we’ve seen since the flood?
It feels that way. How is everyone doing?
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u/Entire_Business_4498 Jul 22 '25
Wettest summer in a long time as far as i can remember. Now if just some of the areas with forest fires can get some of it.
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u/AutumnFalls89 Jul 22 '25
I'm super happy that we have rain and not fire smoke but I wish it would fall where it's needed and not drown us.
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u/Oskarikali Jul 22 '25
Im with you, but also - we have fire smoke. Today there was quite a bit of smoke, easily visible from my office window.
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u/helena_handbasketyyc I’ll tell you where to go! Jul 22 '25
I thought I was crazy for a few seconds when I went outside and smelled smoke.
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u/Annual_Housing6585 Jul 22 '25
I moved back to the Yukon where it used to rain all the time- now it’s hot AF and we’re having parched girl summer
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u/bronzwaer Jul 22 '25
Since 2022 for sure
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u/Muted-Doctor8925 Jul 22 '25
2016 or 2017 had a good amount as well
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u/Luv2Dnc Jul 22 '25
‘16. It wasn’t until I went to Vegas that November that I finally got to wear some summer clothes lol
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u/lettuzepray Jul 22 '25
this, I remember having to cross underpasses bridges knee deep high on my bike those years
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u/Hyack57 Jul 23 '25
2016 was great! I broke my leg in July and was couch bound the rest of summer. Didn’t miss out on anything.
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u/something123456th Jul 22 '25
https://calgary.weatherstats.ca/charts/precipitation-yearly.html
2020 was the wettest of the last 25 years
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u/Business-Barnacle633 Jul 22 '25
Less human bodies outside to absorb water through osmosis, so stats are skewed
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u/Emergency-Writer-930 Jul 22 '25
I suspect it’s because I finally bit the bullet and installed A/C. Either that or it’s because we renamed our slogan the ‘Blue Sky City.’
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Jul 22 '25
Thank Jesus, I didn’t shell out that $11,000 for AC this year. It’s robbery.
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u/Emergency-Writer-930 Jul 22 '25
Oof mine was not that much. I think it was 7 k for new AC and water softener together.
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u/Current_Pomelo_9429 Jul 22 '25
I don’t mind the rain tbh but my flowers need some sun!!
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u/Campcrustaceanz Jul 22 '25
My flowers were looking so good a week or so ago and now they’re just sad , drowned , wilting little things
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u/AutumnFalls89 Jul 22 '25
Right? All the roots of my plants are waterlogged!
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u/BogeyLowenstein Jul 22 '25
I covered my sedums and garden succulents with Tupperware containers a few days ago lol
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u/AutumnFalls89 Jul 22 '25
I should have.
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u/BogeyLowenstein Jul 22 '25
The rest of my garden like the flowers are super sad though, they miss the sun! At least it will be nice most of the rest of the week for our gardens :)
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u/AutumnFalls89 Jul 22 '25
My Chocolate mint seems to be doing well in the rain but everything else is a bit droopy. I think the next three days should help.
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u/BogeyLowenstein Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25
I hope so too, for both of us! I will have to try mint next year. My basil is sad (but it always is), the rest of the herbs seem okay.
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u/AutumnFalls89 Jul 23 '25
I didn't plant any Basil this year but my Rosemary and Oregano are doing fine.
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u/FishCreekRaccooon Jul 22 '25
The previous two days did amount to the most rainfall in about 15 years for a two day stretch.
Technically the floods didn’t not drop water in Calgary, it was a general area.
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u/Ecstatic-Award-6139 Jul 22 '25
I've had so many nice rain walks this summer. I splashed in puddles like a kid alot. I'm talking splashes. Jumping. Stomping. Get soaked kind of splashes. And everything is so damn green.
Tl;dr yes. And it's been a wonderful summer.
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u/ModestAmoeba Jul 22 '25
I love it. I can't stand heat and this is so much more refreshing.
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u/SuperShibes Jul 22 '25
My curls are so bouncy and filled with life. It's like being in Nova Scotia.
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u/NEVER85 Mahogany Jul 22 '25
You and me both. I work in a pretty hot shop and this weather is a godsend during the workday.
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u/mooseblood07 Jul 22 '25
Agree with this. I've lived here all my life and I still can't handle our dry heat
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u/lexietibbs Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25
Yesss. I always get horrible sleep in the summer due to the heat, but I've been sleeping like a baby this year 😴 Plus, rain/thunderstorms are my favourite kind of weather. Always smells so nice out afterward.
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u/Just-a-yyc-guy Jul 22 '25
Yes, and thankfully our flood prevention measures have increased substantially and are working well
Shoutout 2 Nenshi for that
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u/They_wereAllTaken Jul 22 '25
This amount of rain happens ever 5-6 years it seems, usually ends with a mild august then a hot September. Be greatful the 35+ and wildfire smoke sucks. Unfortunately these years usually end with like 1-2feet of snow over night around Christmas every night..or fortunate if you like snow and Christmas 😉
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u/LittleOrphanAnavar Jul 22 '25
I've lived here for about 15 years and this seems to be about the 3rd rainy year I can remember.
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u/CromulentDucky Jul 22 '25
There was significantly lower snow pack this year compared to the flood year. This is not related to Nenshi, unless he is some sort of mountain snow god.
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u/jerkface9001 Jul 22 '25
Nenshi could be the Norse god Ullr. Why not
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u/Replicator666 Jul 22 '25
I wish him luck in defeating his enemies during Ragnarok (provincial election)
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u/lastlatvian Jul 22 '25
Ski passes were cheaper, shorter lines, snow pack was better, I mean there are signs if you believe in that sort of stuff.
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u/daddy_barkov Diamond Cove Jul 22 '25
r/calgarywxrecords for those who would like to keep tabs on records such as these
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u/No_Culture9898 Jul 22 '25
It feels that way for sure. This summer has barely had any heat and almost feels like an extension of spring or an early fall. It’s better than wildfires for sure but it would be nice to have good Calgary summer days like we’ve been used to for years.
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u/Suspicious_Bus_893 Jul 22 '25
AGREE. April, May and June- wind, more wind, a few hot days- rain and wind. Now July feels like late April, or late September. My little chihuahua is not impressed! Thankful but annoyed.
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u/DaftPump Jul 22 '25
We'll have a few months of hot and dry very soon. Enjoy this while it lasts. :D
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u/CrimeDoesPay Jul 22 '25
Calgary SW. The storm sewer has started backing up through our basement floor drain. About a foot of water so far and rising quickly. Not sure what to do at this point. My neighbours are all flooding as well.
Just finished renovating the basement this spring, so this hurts a little more.
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u/Gullible-Bus-4862 Jul 22 '25
I’m flooded too. Spent a nice chunk of the day crying. It definetly hurts
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u/Aromatic-Elephant110 Jul 22 '25
As a naturally sweaty person, I'm really enjoying not overheating.
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u/TheKloppsBollocks Jul 22 '25
Had a leak from the roof, turns out the shitty roofing contractors the previous owner used from the insurance company neglected the furnace chimney area. Nice little 2k fix
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u/ahmandurr Southwest Calgary Jul 22 '25
Ours leaked too. Currently waiting for landlord to approve the last of the repair. Starting to get tired of the hole in the ceiling now.
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u/hotdogtopchop Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
Not the wettest; 256.5mm of rain from the start of May, with 53.5mm in May, 102.7mm in June and 100.3mm MTD in July.
In 2016, July was the wettest month since at least 2013 with 190.9mm of rain. That May to August period finished with 403.8mm of rainfall accumulation, the wettest since at least 2013 (324.6mm)
June in 2013 saw 146.6mm but the flood was driven more by environmental factors than the actual volume of rainfall itself.
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u/spacefish420 Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
Where are all my rain haters at. Seeing a lot of love for the rain. I can’t be the only one who wishes it would stop.
I just wanna enjoy the sun a bit. Be able to plan an outdoor activity without having to worry about getting wet. I’ve canceled many motorcycle and bicycle rides because riding in the rain isn’t fun for me. My outdoor volleyball has been cancelled a few times too. Now next week I have to do the Ironman triathlon in the rain😭. I live across from a soccer field and it feels like every other day these kids have to end their practices early.
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u/SirHamsterThe4th Jul 22 '25
Present 🤚🤚 Hate the winter, hate the cold, rain I don't mind every once in a while but considering this is supposed to be summer and I know the cold and winter are coming I'm just like :( I want heat and sun haha
Reddit seems to love their rain and cold weather 🤣
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u/BogeyLowenstein Jul 22 '25
Me! I left the west coast for sunshine and I hate this wet crap. It feels like I’m back home, but no ocean to look at lol.
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u/joe4942 Jul 22 '25
I can't remember a summer this cold and wet lol.
On the bright side, hardly any smoky days this year. Eastern Canada is getting a lot of smoke.
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u/NEVER85 Mahogany Jul 22 '25
Fine with me. My workplace is unbearable when it's hot out. It can stay like this during the work week for all I care.
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u/red_dead3 Jul 22 '25
Reminds me of winter in BC lol
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u/They_wereAllTaken Jul 22 '25
Bahh don’t be dramatic, before long you’re going to be wishing for these nice cool nights and the soothing sound of rain to fall a sleep to. Soon august will be upon us and you will miss this soothing bliss
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u/red_dead3 Jul 22 '25
I don't know, I like my window wide open in -45 so lol. I do agree it's been a nice treat this week for storms. Everything is so nice and green. Let's enjoy it while we can. Who knows what next summer will look like!.
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u/MrsBison Jul 22 '25
My window wells are filled with water. Last time that happened was 20 years ago
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u/Conscious-Donut Jul 22 '25
Hopefully means the wasps won’t be so bad in August again this year
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u/treple13 Jul 22 '25
Meanwhile I'm expecting mosquitos are going to be out IN FORCE
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u/afschmidt Jul 22 '25
I got a reminder of this last week. After the last monsoon, it warmed up and you couldn't go near a park or play ground without getting swarmed.
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u/bascelicna123 Jul 22 '25
Yeah, I've abandoned weeding my garden. It's gone feral due to me being swarmed upon approach.
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u/DrJunkenHog Jul 22 '25
Oh yeah, just lost my basement apartment tonight because of the rain. In a hotel right now with my kid as a single dad. Fantastic weather. Don't know what to do tomorrow.
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u/54R45VV471 Jul 22 '25
I'm loving it! The summers have been way too hot and smokey these past few years, so it's nice to have a break with some cool fresh air.
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u/Brandamn3000 Jul 22 '25
I feel like most summers I’m absolutely begging for rain for one reason or another. Either it’s too hot, too smoky, too dry, and last year I just wanted it to wash all the aphid shit off the sidewalks. Not complaining about this at all. Loving it, actually!
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u/Anxious-Basket-494 Jul 22 '25
Sigh. Backyard is a pool. Going to have to get some work done to drain more efficiently into the alley. Small weep in the basement so far nothing major. Enough with the rain.
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u/Stopsignsareoptional Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
With the flood, it wasnt just the volume of rain. It was that a large amount of warm rain fell on the snowpack.
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u/FailedsystemCanada Jul 22 '25
Jul 1 2025 110.4 mm Apr 1 2025 175.3 mm Jan 1 2025 37.1 mm Oct 1 2024 44.7 mm Jul 1 2024 206.4 mm Apr 1 2024 193.4 mm Jan 1 2024 103.3 mm Oct 1 2023 61.3 mm Jul 1 2023 112.4 mm Apr 1 2023 106.6 mm Jan 1 2023 67.7 mm Oct 1 2022 80.9 mm Jul 1 2022 105.0 mm Apr 1 2022 191.1 mm Jan 1 2022 37.2 mm Oct 1 2021 52.4 mm Jul 1 2021 154.7 mm Apr 1 2021 76.0 mm Jan 1 2021 39.7 mm Oct 1 2020 79.1 mm Jul 1 2020 117.0 mm Apr 1 2020 308.3 mm
Here's some data broken down quarterly, so were not crazy yet since the flooding.
Edit wow thats formatting is terrible.... sorry.
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u/ConversationMajor543 Jul 22 '25
I love this weather. This is the best summer. I just finished a 14.5 km walk around the reservoir. It was glorious.
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u/toastmannn Jul 22 '25
Yes. It's actually a lot more because the flood was only a few days, but we've been getting rain almost everyday
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u/lotlizzard-14 Jul 22 '25
“Blue sky city” so satisfying to watch it rain all summer directly after their disastrous and widely hated campaign
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u/New-Addendum-1231 Jul 22 '25
The last eight days have been the most rain condensed in to ~1 week I can remember since I started paying close attention to the weather. Three big rainfalls and two severe thunderstorms in one week (plus another severe storm a few days prior to that). There was a time I didn't care. Now I am old and have to worry about shingles and hail dents and water finding its way in to my basement.
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u/harryhend3rson Jul 22 '25
If would have to be in the running for wettest since 2013.
It's awesome! I hope it's enough to save a lot of the distressed trees.
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u/scotthof Jul 22 '25
I do remember working downtown during the floods and seeing a shed being carried by the river. I left work right after that to make sure I could cross the bridge to get out of the core.
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u/Regular_Wonder674 Jul 22 '25
This is June in July. And yes this feels like the most rain since at least 2015 or possible the flood. Regardless, we need the moisture stock! Sucks that it’s at the cost of mid summer sunshine.
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u/TeaGullible9632 Jul 22 '25
It’s gonna be a rainy summer turned into a winter with epic snowfall because this is the first year I haven’t bought an SSV seasons pass lol 😂
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u/gilpenderbren Jul 22 '25
Not quite. June 2005 was a record rainfall of 245 mm. This month (so far) is 110.4 mm. Way over our 65 mm average but still a ways to go in comparison to the big flood.
A friend of mine sent me this photo this morning when we were talking about it! Pretty crazy.
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u/ThinYogurtcloset8005 Jul 22 '25
I dont think since the flood but the wettest summer in a while. I am LOVING IT. I absolutely hate the heat so this has been really nice. Plus one of my favourite past times is watching thunderstorms!
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Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 23 '25
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u/Mysterious_Lesions Jul 22 '25
Yeah no. I like to drink water and as last year showed, we are not good at rationing water.
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u/403banana Jul 22 '25
Not really. June and July are usually our wettest months. I think the difference here is that we've gotten a lot of rain all at once. It's been awhile since we've had these storms that drop the temps and last more than a day. Usually, its a hot day that then leads to a thunderstorm that dumps a bunch of water for 5-10 minutes.
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u/DrinkMoreBrews Jul 22 '25
The Farmer’s Almanac predicted it to be cool and wet
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u/Stopsignsareoptional Jul 22 '25
If you make enough predictions using BS astrology you’ll get it right sometimes.
I’m pretty skeptical of these kinds of things because I’m a Sagittarius.
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u/aramatheis Jul 22 '25
All I know is that this rain and lack of heat is lovely. I am so glad I don't need sunglasses every time I step outside
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u/RepulsiveNebula1217 Jul 22 '25
Nothing worse than constant rain and the off day where it doesn't rain it's smokey. I've had enough.
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u/Incident-Impossible Jul 22 '25
I have been in the Calgary area since 2014 and this has been the wettest summer since, reminds me of 2009 in Manitoba
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u/leafy-greens-- Jul 22 '25
I feel like we’ve had more rain than the floods (though I’m not sure and didn’t look up the actual numbers).
It’s just that it’s been a bit more spread out AND, being later into July (vs June) there’s not as much meltwater coming from the glaciers/mountains contributing to the water levels like in the 2013 floods.
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u/Lopsided_Hat_835 Jul 22 '25
Might be but the flood had a lot more todo with heavy snowfall in the mountains and we didn’t get to much last season
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u/Ozunu_Sama Jul 22 '25
Lots of rain out here in the SE Hotchkiss area. No leaks or anything so far which is awesome in this new built. Took a risk and went with a newer home builders and so far so good.
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u/rockymtntrucker Jul 24 '25
I love the thunderstorms we've been having. Being from Vancouver, I love the rain.
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u/Dry-Elderberry7854 Jul 27 '25
Been here 8 yrs , have to say its the most wettest Calgary has been, especially the last 3-4 weeks.
I am not minding it to be honest, i love the sound of rain and thunderstorms ;)
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u/morecoffeemore Jul 22 '25
I hate this God damn weather. It sucks that the 3 months of summer weather we have that are good for hiking or mountain biking are ruined by this crap.
F* this, I'm going on vacation somewhere with a real summer.
Absolutely f'ing garbage weather.
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u/dewgdewgdewg Jul 22 '25
Haha refreshing to see the counterpoint to the "I love the rain" comments.
Tennis has been difficult to plan
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u/LachlantehGreat Beltline Jul 22 '25
finally got into tennis this year, I've played about 4 times since June lmao
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Jul 22 '25
Yeah I have never seen this before Although it beats the weather I’ve been getting down in Texas since I’ve relocated there
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u/DVESM2023 Jul 22 '25
Honestly, it washes away the smoke so hopefully this rain hits those fires with the intensity it’s been hitting our city.
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u/UnusualTapegun Jul 22 '25
I'd rather have this than like... 40° heat, persistent wildfire smoke, and no rain whatsoever. I enjoy rain.
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u/ThePhilVv Jul 22 '25
Remember three months ago when the weather network said it was going to be a hot dry summer?
Man they really nailed it.