Edmonton has broken a record for the wettest summer on record — and it isn’t even August. Brian Proctor, meteorologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, says 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. This year, the region has been saturated by 580 millimetres of rain, and July isn’t over yet. More storms are forecast for the coming weeks in what has become Edmonton’s summer of soggy misery. Frequent intense storms have routinely flooded roads, side streets and basements, cancelled shows and events while spawning thick clouds of mosquitos. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2026. Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press
