{"id":839731,"date":"2026-08-01T05:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/839731\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T05:25:10","slug":"aug-1-weather-thunderstorms-and-showers-possible-in-southern-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/839731\/","title":{"rendered":"Aug. 1 weather: Thunderstorms and showers possible in southern Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the Civic Holiday long weekend could bring showers to the Greater Toronto Area and a risk of thunderstorms to parts of southern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Environment and Climate Change Canada says Saturday\u2019s forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloudy conditions in the morning and a 30 per cent chance of showers in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Oshawa, Pickering and the Niagara Falls area.<\/p>\n<p>The daytime high will be around 28 C in Mississauga but could feel more like 32 C due to the humidity. The seasonal normal is between 15 C and 27 C.<\/p>\n<p>The UV index will be 9 or \u201cvery high,\u201d the weather agency says.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night will be cloudy with another 30 per cent chance of showers in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and across the GTA. There\u2019s a risk of thunderstorms overnight in some areas, including Hamilton, Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Newmarket, Kitchener and Orillia.<\/p>\n<p>A 20 km\/h north wind is expected in the evening, dying down in the later hours. The overnight low will be around 18 C to 20 C in the GTA, the weather agency says.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to Sunday, cloudy skies and a 40 per cent chance of rain are expected with a high of 24 C and low of 15 C, Environment Canada says. It could feel like 32 C in the afternoon, according to the Weather Network. Expect periods of rain in Mississauga during the day with a risk of a<\/p>\n<p>Monday could bring mainly sunny skies\u00a0 with a high of 26 C that could feel like 30 C due to the humidity during the day and a low of 15 C in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 49,346 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,458,867 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    2570 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are you drinking less alcohol than you were a year ago?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The start of the Civic Holiday long weekend could bring showers to the Greater Toronto Area and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-839731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839731","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=839731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}