November Near Normal
Monday, December 3, 2012 @ 11:34 AM
Prince George, B.C. – November was fairly mild to start in Prince George, but, as Environment Canada Meteorologist Jim Steele reports, “winter made a rather ungraceful appearance on the 8th.” That’s when the temperatures took a nose dive, hitting minus 20.5 as an overnight low on the 10th.
Steele says the temperature hit a high mark on the 17th when the daytime high was 10.5
All in all, he says November 2012 will be remembered as a near normal month for temperatures, but a little on the dry side.
Temperatures
- Average daily high of 0.5 was near the normal of 0.6 degrees C.
- Average daily low of -7.1 was below the normal of -6.3 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of -3.3 was near the normal -2.9 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 17th with a maximum temperature of 10.5 degrees
- Coldest day on the 10th with an overnight minimum of -20.5 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 24.0 mm was 47% of the normal of 51.5 mm.
- Total Monthly rainfall of 9.4 mm was 47% of the normal of 20.2 mm
- Total monthly snowfall of 16.0 cm was 44% of the normal of 36.2 cm
- Measurable precipitation on 10 days was below the normal of 15 days
- Greatest rainfall one day 3.4 mm on the 4th
- Greatest snowfall one day 5.0 cm on the 19th
Daily / Monthly Records
· No daily or monthly records established.
Notes
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 453.3 mm, 82% of the normal of 552.8 mm
Records for November
Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps
Warmest 3.6 1954 Max 17.4 11th 1981
Coldest -15.4 1985 Min -41.7 26th 1955
Precipitation
Driest 2.8 mm 1979 Wettest day 28.4 mm 1st 1972
Wettest 104.2 mm 1990 Greatest snow day 26.9 cm 22nd 1965
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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-1.3
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12.3
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12.4 / 4th
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-18.0 / 10th
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Williams Lake
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-1.3
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13.4
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12.2 / 3rd
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-14.5 / 11th
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Blue River
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-0.1
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95.2
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13.0 / 4th
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-10.5 / 11th
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Kamloops
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4.0
|
20.7
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16.8 / 5th
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-9.0 / 11th
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Fall (September / October / November) Review – Prince George Airport
Temperature
- The mean temperature of 3.2 was below the normal of 3.9 degrees C.
- Warmest Day (daytime high) 26.1 on the 8th Sept
- Coolest day (overnight low) -20.5 on the 10th Nov
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 121.8 mm was 75% of the normal 161.9 mm
- Wettest Day 7.7 mm on the 30th Sept
- Number of days with measurable precipitation 30 normal 43 days
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