It was an ugly July when it comes to the weather.

Environment Canada Meteorologist David Phillips says if you felt like it was always cloudy, well, it's because it was.

"In High River, Okotoks, that area, probably about two and a half times what you normally would get (in rain) and also a lot of days with rain, so if it isn't looking like rain, it's raining," Phillips says.

He says High River saw 19 days with rain in July whether it was just a few dribs and drabs or a full blown storm. Normally the area sees about eight days in July.

Phillips also says it's really tough to break out of the vicious cycle of wet weather.

"Rain begets rain," he says. "With all of the dugouts and sloughs and potholes brimming with water, and the ditches, well that water evaporates, feeds the air and creates more moisture that will fall as rain. And also the grasslands, the Taber corn, the beets and other crops are growing feverishly and of course that is what we call crop sweat and it gives off moisture and adds more to the humidity."

He describes July as a real rockin' and rollin' month because of the severity of the storms.