According to Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell, Toronto received its wettest April on record, breaking the previous record set 32 years ago in 1992.
Farnell said Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 135.5 mm of rainfall this April, compared to 133.4 mm in April 1992.
Records from Billy Bishop Airport in downtown Toronto indicate about 140 mm of rain fell in April, he said.
A total of 14 days of measurable rainfall occurred in the month, which Farnell said is “really normal”, but two of those days saw more than 30 mm of rain, which is unusual.
Typically, the average monthly rainfall amount for April in Toronto is 63 mm, Farnell said. Last April there was 102 mm rainfall.
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Other cities in Ontario also saw record rainfall in April, including 153 mm in Sudbury – and even more, when 179 mm of rain was combined when rain and snow were combined.
Timmins recorded a record 98 mm of rainfall in April and Sault Ste. Mary’s record was 107 mm.
Parry Sound was also incredibly wet in April with 198 mm of rain and Wharton’s April was the second wettest on record.
“Most other towns and cities in southern Ontario had temperatures ranging from 90 mm to 160 mm, which is well above seasonal and has led to saturated and muddy soils, rising lake levels, and now a warming trend.” Are,” Farnell said.
But will April rain bring flowers in May?
Farnell said the weather outlook for May is expected to continue a wetter pattern with above normal rainfall.
He also said temperatures are expected to be slightly above seasonal.
Farnell said the early look at summer in southern Ontario also looks like there will be more rain and storms than normal.
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