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Southern Alberta June rainfall facts and figures

Colleen Schmidt CTV Calgary
Published Wednesday, June 18, 2014 11:54AM MDT Last Updated Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:15PM MDT

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The rain is contributing to the higher than normal water levels in many streams and rivers in southern Alberta but how does it compare to other years? We asked the CTV Weather experts to break it down…

CTV Calgary Sky Watch Weather Specialist Kelsey McEwen took a look at the rainfall statistics for the month of June and says Calgary has had roughly 28mm of rain this June so far.

How does this compare to June 2013?

Calgary saw 146.6mm of rain in June 2013 and from June 17-23 the rainfall was as follows:

June 17: 2mm
June 18: 6.4mm
June 19: 7.8mm
June 20: 45.0mm
June 21: 23.0mm
June 22: 0.6mm
June 23: 1.2mm

(Note** Two days of missing data on June 10/11 were not included in the 146.6 mm for June 2013)

Calgary Long-term Averages for June:

1981-2010 was 93.9mm
1971-2000 was 79.8mm

Environment Canada estimates that the city has received about 10 mm of rain over the last few days from this latest weather event.

The weather agency says Lethbridge has received 138.8mm of rain so far this month:

June 2: 8.8mm
June 4: 1.5mm
June 5: 0.6mm
June 10: 10.8mm
June 14: 20.4mm
June 15: 4.5mm
June 16: 44.2mm
June 17: 48.0mm

How does this compare to June 1995, when the Lethbridge saw some of the worst flooding in its history?

Lethbridge received 102.4mm of rain in June 1995:

June 5: Trace rainfall
June 6: 55.0mm
June 7: 1.6mm
June 8: Trace rainfall
June 9: 2.1mm
June11: 8mm

Lethbridge Long-term Averages from Environment Canada for June:

1981-2010 was 82mm
1971-2000 was 63mm

CTV Lethbridge weather specialist Dory Rossiter says June gets about 61mm of rain and that the area has received well over that amount in the last 24 hours.

More long-term averages for June for southern Alberta communities: