July 2012 Warm and Dry
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 @ 9:14 AM
Prince George, B.C., – July 2012 in Prince George will go into the record books as warm and dry.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Jim Steele notes in his monthly report that the month did get off to a bit of a cool and wet start, but after 4 days, summer kicked in.
According to Steele’s report “Afternoon temperatures managed to reach or exceed 20 degrees every day from the 5th onwards. There were 16 days with daytime highs at 25 or higher.”
Last year the warmest day in July was 23 degrees.
Here is the balance of Steele’s report:
The warm conditions boosted the mean temperatures just over a degree and a half above normal.
On the precipitation side of things, the first 3 days brought the majority of the precipitation with almost 18 mm. The remainder of the month was very dry with the grand total for the month at 29.3 mm, less than half the normal for the month. Last year, July brought a whopping 112 mm of rain.
Into the record book, July 2012 will show warm and dry.
Temperatures
- Average daily high of 24.1 was above the normal of 22.1 degrees C.
- Average daily low of 9.2 was above the normal of 8.8 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of 16.7 was above the normal 15.5 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 20th with a maximum temperature of 30.0 degrees
- Coolest day on the 6th with an overnight minimum of 4.4 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 29.3 mm was 46% of the normal of 63.5 mm.
- Measurable precipitation on 8 days well below the normal of 14 days
- Greatest rainfall one day 11.7 mm on the 2nd
Daily / Monthly Records
· No new monthly or daily records established.
Notes.
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 302.2 mm, 89% of the normal of 338.4 mm
Records for July
Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps
Warmest 18.1 1998 Max 35.6 13th 2007
Coolest 13.2 1954 Min -1.7 31st 1950
Precipitation
Driest 0.8 mm 1958 Wettest day 33.8 mm 2nd 2000
Wettest 131.2 mm 1982
South Central Interior
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Mean Temp
Degrees C
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Total Precip. mm
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Maximum Degrees C
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Minimum Degrees C
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Quesnel
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18.0
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34.3
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32.6 / 9th
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4.0 / 5th
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Williams Lake
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17.2
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58.4
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31.1 / 9th
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5.5 / 4th
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Blue River
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18.3
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132.0
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34.2 / 13th
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2.6 / 5th
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Kamloops
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22.5
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49.2
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37.2 / 13th
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8.3 / 4th
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Comments
Really?! Hadn’t noticed. Just kidding, this is the summer we missed last year.
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