THUNDER BAY – A spokesperson for Environment Canada said the city set a new record for rainfall on July 23, smashing a 114-year-old standard set in 1911.
According to Alexandra Cournoyer, Thunder Bay received 56.5 millimetres of rain on Wednesday, nearly double the previous record of 29 millimetres.
The rainfall wasn’t limited to Thunder Bay, Cournoyer said.
“The region that got the most amount of rain, a maximum between 70 and 90 millimetres of rain, was Pukaskwa National Park, just south of Marathon,” she said.
Melissa Hughson, watershed manager with the Lakehead Conservation Region Authority, said they’ve measured between 48 millimetres and 93 millimetres of rain falling in their catchment area over the past 48 hours.
“Corbett Creek area watercourse was kind of the greatest area hit and the Slate River area, right now, is showing the least amount,” Hughson said.
The LRCA monitors nine water courses within their jurisdiction and all have experienced increases, though there’s no need for concern, she added.
“They’ve increased in water level and flow, a little bit, however there’s still lots of capacity in the water courses before there would be any sort of river flooding,” Hughson said.
With no precipitation in the immediate forecast, things are looking good, despite above average precipitation in both June and July.
