2024 was a blockbuster for weather records, with long-standing benchmarks falling like dominoes.Here are five that were set in Canada this year.1. Wettest year in TorontoIt was the wettest year ever in Toronto, breaking an all-time yearly precipitation record with more than 1050 mm of rain inundating the city.Nearly half of that fell during torrential downpours during Toronto's rainiest summer on record.On July 16, the rain brought widespread floods to Toronto, causing rivers to breach and highways to close.An honourable mention goes to Montreal, which saw its wettest day ever on August 9, 2024. The city recorded 158 mm of
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Southwestern Ontario and I’m wondering if I should start getting my garden ready to plant soon.
For real.
Normal sowing times are way off now down here. Sowing outdoors directly to soil there wasn’t enough time for a lot of things to mature properly.
The wet bulb situation applies to the ground as well. When it hits 40° and the ground is wet/damp, it basically cooks or rot the roots.
Then, there was the 3 weeks of no rain.
Thinking maybe I just might do an indoor garden.
Not sure how much longer factory farmed crops will be viable in the future anyway.
Nothing is stable. Nothing is predictable.