Alberta’s Wettest Summer on Record | Calgary News

Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 28, 2026 · 1m

Alberta’s weather is going off the rails again—severe thunderstorms and tornado watches cover huge swaths of the province, especially around Edmonton, with baseball-sized hail, torrential rain, and dangerous winds brewing between 4 and 8 p.m. This follows a summer already drenched in record-breaking rain, with Edmonton officially experiencing its wettest summer on record—more precipitation than an entire average year, and July isn’t even over. The saturated ground and overwhelmed drainage systems are struggling to keep up, with utility crews warning a prolonged dry spell is needed just to…