Normal temperature and precipitation amounts forecast for central Alberta this summer

Jun 21, 2022 | 11:26 AM

June 21 marks the first official day of summer and central Albertans can expect a fairly normal one for weather this year.

That according to Brian Proctor, Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, who acknowledges a bit of a slow start to spring and summer type weather this season.

“It is trending to a weakening La Nina at this point in time out in the Pacific, and that’s sort of indicating things are going to be moving more towards normal type conditions that we typically would expect at this time of year for central Alberta,” he explains. “Once we get passed the June cold low season that we typically experience, we get shower and thunderstorm activity more than anything else, but don’t tend to see a lot of wide-spread rainfall events in the months July, August and early September.”

“So we generally expect sort of typical seasonal conditions from a precipitation point of view,” adds Proctor.

Proctor is also hopeful that recent rainfalls last week will help local crops kick into high gear for the growing season.

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“Then maybe we’ll get enough warmth and a little bit of scattered showers for the summer and we’ll get a good growing season in,” says Proctor. “But it has been a bit of a dry start to the growing season. It’s just the last few weeks that we’ve seen a lot more moisture coming in.”

He also anticipates fairly normal temperatures as we approach July and even slightly above normal temperatures looking further ahead into August.

“The models are indicating some residual coolness existing across southern British Columbia but by the time we get across the Rockies, it’s looking like it’s going to be a little bit above normal, temperature wise,” shares Proctor.

He admits it’s hard to say what that might mean for this year’s forest fire season.

“Forest fires are a whole different world of difficulty to deal with,” says Proctor. “Dryness is always a problem. Dried lightning is a tremendous problem in Alberta where we tend to get a lot of these storms when the upper ridges break down. We get flow coming in from British Columbia and we get a lot of lightning, but often times, not a lot of rainfall associated with that lightning.”

“But the moisture has helped to alleviate some of the concerns in the short term,” adds Proctor.

Proctor encourages central Albertans, however, to always keep watching and listening for updated forecasts throughout the summer.

by Sheldon Spackman

Normal temperature and precipitation amounts forecast for central Alberta this summer

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