REGINA -- Last month was the fifth hottest July on record for the Queen City, according to data from Environment Canada. Regina’s average temperature in July was 21.8 degrees Celsius – nearly three degrees warmer than the National Weather Agency’s “climate normal” based on a 30 year total. While heat was in abundance in the province, rain was not, and Environment and Climate Change Canada recorded barely half the normal amount of rainfall for July. They state 31.6 millimetres of rain fell last month, compared to the climate normal 66.9 millimetres. This ranks it as the 38th driest July since records began in Regina. The driest was July of 1887 with 1.5 millimetres.