Central Interior Weather In October Different
Thursday, November 1, 2012 @ 10:58 AM
Prince George- Environment Canada says you would have to call October the 3 part month, a continuation of the mild weather from September into the half of the month, then Fall arrived with near normal temperatures for the 3rd week, then winter arrived during the last few days of the month. The arrival of winter was on the brutal side with temperatures plunging into the minus 20’s on the 30th, not a record but pretty close. Just to add to the shock, close to 30 cm of snow accompanied the colder air between the 27th and 30th.
The precipitation for the month seems to fall in bunches; the first 2 days of the month were on the damp side, then a dry period that came to a soggy end on the 12th with a record 16.4 mm of rain for the day. The unsettled conditions persisted for a week, then dry once again. This came to another abrupt end with the big snow event to round out the month.
Into the record books, October 2012 will show a cool and wet month.
Temperatures
- Average daily high of 6.7 was below the normal of 9.5 degrees C.
- Average daily low of -3.8 was below the normal of -0.4 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of 1.5 was below the normal 4.6 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 9th with a maximum temperature of 18.7 degrees
- Coldest day on the 30th with an overnight minimum of -20.7 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 75.4 mm was 130% of the normal of 57.9 mm.
- Total Rainfall of 49.3 mm was 98% of the normal 50.0 mm
- Total Snowfall of 28.0 cm was 333% of the normal of 8.4 cm
- Measurable precipitation on 12 days below the normal of 15 days
- Greatest rainfall one day 16.4 mm on the 12th
- Greatest snowfall one day 17.0 cm on the 29th
Daily / Monthly Records
· Daily precipitation record on the 12th with 16.4 mm. Previous record for the day 10.4 mm set in 1951.
Notes.
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 429.3 mm, xxx% of the normal of 501.1 mm
Records for October
Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps
Warmest 7.1 1944 Max 25.2 1st 1987
Coolest 1.5 1984 Min -26.5 31st 1984
Precipitation
Driest 19.8 mm 1999 Wettest day 38.9 mm 3rd 1962
Wettest 122.2 mm 1962
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
|
3.2
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57.1
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21.5 / 1st
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-17.1 / 31st
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Williams Lake
|
2.9
|
42.5
|
19.9 / 9th
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-10.2 / 23rd
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Blue River
|
4.6
|
148.1
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17.9 / 8th
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-7.0 / 5th
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Kamloops
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9.2
|
16.9
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27.2 / 1st
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-1.5 / 17th
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