It’s been a very wet and cool summer so far in Calgary and some businesses hope the weather dries out before more sales are washed away.

Village Ice Cream in Inglewood is one of the businesses that’s been suffering in the rain. The owner, Billy Friley, says that sales have dropped by 15 percent.

He says that it’s not the cooler temperatures that’s keeping customers away, but the constant rain.

“We’ve found rain is like kryptonite for the ice cream business. On a winter day when it’s sunny and we do better on a warm rainy day. So 50 days of this has been tough on business.”

While Calgary and southern Alberta has been on the receiving end of a lot of rain, it’s been a much different story for Canadians in the east.

Environment Canada still has a heat alert in affect in southern Ontario, where temperatures have been in the 30s for days.

Those high temperatures are a godsend for air conditioning companies, but those businesses here would love to have a bit of that heat.

“We could definitely use the heat they’re getting,” says James Strilcic with JPS Furnace and Air Conditioning. “It’s tough to watch The Weather Network and see they’re getting all the hot weather that would be great for us.”

Despite the rain, Calgary parks aren’t looking that great and experts say that’s because the downpour came in so fast and so furious. As a result, none of the precipitation could soak into the ground where it was needed.

“This was water that wasn’t accessible for the trees,” said Jeanette Wheeler with the City of Calgary’s urban forestry department.

She says that as a result, the trees have changed to appear like they do in the fall.

CTV Calgary Weather Special Kevin Stanfield says that August 2016's 64mm of rainfall has already surpassed the average rainfall of 58.7mm.

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