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By Michael Lumsden

The last time Calgary saw this much rain, Charles Lindburgh had just finished the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

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A near record setting 206.1 mm hit the ground in July, which is just 40 millimetres short of the all-time record of 246 mm set in 1927.

“It was almost like a water torture test,” said Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips.

“You got heavy amounts, but you also got a lot of days with it.

“Even when it wasn’t raining, it looked like it was going to.”

In total, July saw 13 days with 5 mm or more of rain, including an astounding 10 days in a row, which covered all 10 days of the Calgary Stampede.

Fog also made a rare summer appearance, developing on six different days, tripling the number over the last two years combined, Phillips said.

Even more astounding, the 31 days in July brought more than the previous six months combined, by a margin of 206.1 to 152.8 mm.