July wasn't the greatest month when it came to weather in the Foothills.

Everything from massive rainfall, thunderstorms and hail made its way into the summer, accumulating to record amounts of moisture.

Meteorologist with Environment Canada Kirk Thorneby says Okotoks saw its average moisture almost triple.

"In the Okotoks area we saw 131.2 millimetres in the month of July, which is well above the 30-year average of 54.4 millimetres," he says.

Thorneby adds the wild weather usually comes in the summer months due to the obvious heat increase, but says even then the chances of record rainfall will vary and this July had quite the jump in numbers.

"The month obviously picked up more than average, but when we're talking about summertime rain we're going to be talking about thunderstorms and late afternoon showers. These things are spotty at best, but it was a little bit more active in the month and these things are about where you are when the precipitation falls because you can get a bunch of moisture or a whole bunch of nothing."

He says despite the 131.2 millimetres of moisture locally, Calgary had it worse than the Foothills.

"If you look a little further north, Calgary got hit even harder as they saw 206.1 millimetres, which is actually their second rainiest July on record behind July 1927."

When asked about the potential forecast in August, Thorneby says there is a good chance it could be another stormy month ahead for the area.

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