According to the latest statistics from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Moose Jaw experienced a fairly average month of July, weather-wise.
The city recorded a mean temperature of 18.2 C, compared to the normal of 18.8 C — just 0.6 degrees below average.
It was the 28th coldest July on record in Moose Jaw, based on 130 years of data.
Across the province, July started out unseasonably warm until about the midpoint of the month. The second half cooled off, bringing the overall monthly average temperature closer to normal.
Meanwhile, it may have felt like a wet July, but Environment Canada’s statistics show otherwise.
Moose Jaw received a total of 52.7 millimetres of precipitation in July — 78 per cent of the normal amount of 67.7 millimetres.
It was the 57th wettest July in 132 years of records.
Environment Canada noted that areas in southwestern and extreme southern Saskatchewan saw slightly above-average precipitation due to significant rainfall in mid-July. That rainfall also marked a shift in weather patterns, transitioning from a warmer-than-average start to a cooler second half of the month.