September 14 , 2001

Iqaluit sloshes into September

Nunatsiaq News

IQALUIT — If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

Following one the warmest Julys on record, Iqaluit waded through the second wettest August in 56 years.

According to data from Environment Canada, the city logged 123.8 milimetres of rain, nearly twice the monthly average of 63.5 mm. With rain on 26 of the 31 days of the month, Nunavut’s capital suffered its second rainiest August on record.

Despite all the water, the summer was still warmer than normal, with an average temperature of 7 C. That made it Iqaluit’s 10th warmest summer on record.