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July, More Rain Than Normal

Friday, August 01, 2008 09:33 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Jim Steele from Environment Canada has cmpleted his assessment of July, and it turns out it had more rrain than is usually experienced.

Here is his full report:

July 2008: The month got off to a blazing start with temperatures soaring into the upper twenties and low thirties, what turned out to be the warmest days of the month. Conditions cooled off significantly with the 7^th of the month only seeing a maximum temperature of 16 degrees. Generally cool and unsettled conditions persisted until the 3^rd week with a dry and warmer stretch between the 22^nd and the 25^th. This came to an end with a very cool wet pattern to round out the month with the last 5 days seeing precipitation each day. Thunderstorms seemed to rule the month with frequent flashing and rumbling on many more days than normal.

In the end, the month was purring along with slightly above normal temperatures and drier than normal conditions however the last week changed this considerably. The result was a normal month temperatures wise however precipitation came in above normal.

Temperatures

Average daily high of 21.8 was slightly below the normal of 22.1 degrees C.
Average daily low of 9.1 was slightly above the normal of 8.8 degrees C.
Mean temperature of 15.5 was right on the normal 15.5 degrees C.
Warmest Day on the 1^st with a maximum temperature of 31.4 degrees
Coolest day on the 22^nd with an overnight minimum of 2.8 degrees

Precipitation

Total precipitation of 77.5 mm was above the normal of 63.5 mm.
Measurable precipitation on 17 days above the normal of 14 days
Greatest rainfall one day 12.0 mm on the 5^th

Daily Records

· No daily or monthly records established

Notes.

Total precipitation of the year to date is 312.1 mm, slightly below the normal of 338.4 mm

Records for July

Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps

Warmest 18.1 1998 Max 35.6 13^th 2007

Coolest 13.2 1954 Min -1.7 31^st 1950

Precipitation

Driest 0.8 mm 1958 Wettest day 33.8 mm 2^nd 2000

Wettest 131.2 mm 1982

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Posted on Friday, August 01, 2008 09:33 AM in News by 250 Sports

Comments

Posted by: Harbinger on August 1 2008 2:04 PM

Sprinkler rules are as redundant as city council is right now. 3 million bucks fer underground parking? Who's yer friend, eh?

Posted by: robichal on August 2 2008 1:18 PM

Am I missing something??...what does this article have to do with underground parking...