Sunday afternoon in Ottawa will be muggy after the morning brought the city the rainiest July 16 in almost 40 years.
Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning ahead of a line of storms that moved through the capital early Sunday. A thunderstorm with heavy showers rolled through overnight, with rain continuing into the morning.
According to Environment Canada, the official rainfall total at the Ottawa Airport as of 8 a.m. Sunday was 33.2 mm. A volunteer observation in Gatineau, Que. measured 27.1 mm. The rainfall warning ended just before 8:30 a.m. as radar showed a storm system moving away from the capital and into Quebec.
Volunteer observers around Ottawa and eastern Ontario reported the following totals to Environment Canada:
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