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<\/p>\nEdmonton is also on track to record the wettest July \u2014 and month \u2014 on record. <\/p>\n
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The record for precipitation for July is 282 millimetres set in 1901 and, as of Tuesday, the city has recorded 260.7 millimetres, Proctor said. <\/p>\n
Environment Canada has been keeping weather data from Edmonton since the 1880s.<\/p>\n
More storms are forecast for the coming weeks in what has become Edmonton\u2019s summer of soggy misery. Proctor said all the moisture in the area is also feeding into a cycle of thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things to think about for thunderstorms: moisture is like gasoline,\u201d he said. \u201cThe more moisture you have available, the more severe the storms can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frequent intense storms have routinely flooded roads, side streets and basements, as well as cancelled shows and events.<\/p>\n
A severe thunderstorm forced concertgoers to seek shelter at a Post Malone concert in Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday. <\/p>\n
The summer deluge has affected commuters. The city said Tuesday that several roads remained closed as crews worked to clean up downed trees and deal with localized flooding. <\/p>\n
It said a storm Monday was the city\u2019s sixth major weather event since June.<\/p>\n
Last month was also the wettest June on record for the city. At the end of the month, a heavy storm threatened to overwhelm storm sewers. In an emergency alert, residents were asked to limit toilet flushes and showers to prevent sewer backups.<\/p>\n
All the water has closed visitor sites, including the Muttart Conservatory. The Telus World of Science was expected to stay closed until late this year to fix water damage.<\/p>\n
Elk Island National Park, east of the city, closed over the weekend as crews worked to clear downed trees, fix damaged fencing and clean up debris.<\/p>\n
The swelling mosquito population has also led to more hospital visits for children experiencing skeeter syndrome \u2014 an intense, localized allergic reaction to mosquito saliva.<\/p>\n
Dr. Andrew Dixon, an emergency room physician at Stollery Children\u2019s Hospital, said it has been treating five or six children a day with the condition.<\/p>\n
He added that skeeter syndrome is more common in children and appears worse in the beginning of the season. <\/p>\n
\u201cYour body kind of gets used to it over time and stops reacting as much,\u201d Dixon said. He said the condition isn\u2019t dangerous and antihistamines are effective in treating it.<\/p>\n
Mike Jenkins, a senior scientist with the City of Edmonton, said the number of mosquitoes in the city in mid-July is 15 times higher compared with this time last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely the largest number of mosquitoes we\u2019ve had in the last decade,\u201d Jenkins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that being said, it also has been one of our driest decades on record \u2014 until now.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2026.<\/p>\n
\u2014 With files from Fakiha Baig<\/p>\n
Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton is also on track to record the wettest July \u2014 and month \u2014 on record. The record…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-832263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}