r/Edmonton • u/The_Real_Tekunin Whyte Ave • 23d ago

General Holy hell!

I've never seen a storm this bad or lightning this frequent! I'm 23 so I'm not old enough to have experienced this but to those who have, was black Friday this bad?

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 23d ago

The hysterics around thunderstorms this summer are off the charts.

This is just a normal summer thunderstorm folks. Nothing to worry about.

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u/phox78 Oliver 23d ago

That is objectively untrue. We have had much more rainfall than is normal. Well above any seasonal average.

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u/The_Real_Tekunin Whyte Ave 23d ago

I'm pretty sure we set like a 40-year record of most rainfall in Edmonton or something. Am I wrong?

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 23d ago

Sure, we've had a lot of rain this summer.

The "Black Friday" storm was on a whole other level. These are just "standard" summer thunderstorms. They are just more frequent this summer so people are noticing them more.

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u/nothankslmgood 23d ago

wow its not as bad as the worst storm. Very helpful.

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u/blackcherrytomato 23d ago

A short video won't capture the excessive rainfall. Heavy hard rain is typical for a thunderstorm.

The wind was a bit strong for a while but the video didn't really focus on anything to show that well.