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I hate to be one of those people who talks incessantly about the weather — and I realize I just recently bemoaned a soggy concert experience — but THIS RAIN. It’s eating away at my soul.
I love the green it brings. I love the sound of it on a metal rooftop. I adore a good Prairie thunderstorm. I relish the smell of wet pavement and the curl that damp air brings out in my hair.
But can we not just have one cloudless day on a patio, one night on the deck, without the risk of showers?
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Also, some jerk stole my brand new raincoat out of my car this week, so I am feeling extra salty about the forecast.
According to a recent Free Press story, Winnipeg logged double the expected amount of rain in May: 114 millimetres, compared with a typical monthly average of 56 mm. In June, we recorded 103 mm, above the monthly average of 90 mm.
It’s not just seasonal sectors (and my mental health) at stake. Daily downpours have a huge effect on the myriad festivals and outdoor events a Winnipeg summer is famous for, all of which could use a weather win in this era we’re still rightly calling “post-pandemic.”
Looking ahead to the Winnipeg Folk Festival (July 11-14), we have reason to be cautiously optimistic, with temperatures predicted in the high 20s. (Here’s another prediction: if it doesn’t rain, I will instead complain about it being too hot, because why can’t there be a middle ground?)
Sunday marks the last show of Iago Speaks at the Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park. (Jill Wilson / Free Press)
This weekend looks a bit iffy, but I’d risk a potential drenching on Sunday to catch the last show of Iago Speaks from Shakespeare in the Ruins, which I saw Thursday (under unaccountably clear skies at the Trappist Ruins) and loved.
Hope your week ahead is free of raindrops — see below for some suggestions of things to do.
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