The first half of September has been a dry one, the weather station has had about half a millimetre of precipitation (there have been some trace amounts recorded but nothing significant).
The last time we had a significant amount of rain was back on August 29th. Thus if we don't get any rain until Monday (as is forecast) we will be at 22 days.
There have been some stories in the Toronto media about this no rain streak, but I'm a bit surprised that their record is only 18 days.
The record for this area goes all the way back to 1924 when we had 34 days without precipitation between October 8th and November 10th. The streak we are now on will probably be the longest stretch since 1988 when the period between May 23rd and June 14th was dry (23 days).
The odds are good I'll be looking up the lowest total precipitation for September when I do the monthly summary.
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Frank - I also looked back in the KW area records and noted that all but one of the long dry spells (trace or no rain recorded) were 20-25 days long. The exception is the one from 1924 you pointed out. Longer range guidance is also backing off somewhat on showers next week..so stay tuned. This dry spell ain't over yet!
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