November '08 Mild and Wet

By Submitted Article

By Jim Steele of Environment Canada

November  2008  The month started off very mild with afternoon temperatures climbing into the low teens on the 2^nd. Conditions cooled thereafter however still remaining above the longer term normals with the exception of a few scattered days.  Only one day during the month was highlighted with temperature remaining below the freezing mark for the entire day.

On the precipitation side of things, the milder than normal temperatures resulted in less snow than a typical November while the rainfall was above normal. All totalled up, precipitation was measured on 17 days during the month, a bit more than normal while the total precipitation, rainfall and melted snow came in above the normal.

The record books will show a very mild and somewhat damp month.

Temperatures

• Average daily high of 4.4 was well above the normal of 0.6 degrees C.
• Average daily low of -2.7 was well above the normal of -6.3 degrees C. 
• Mean temperature of 0.9 was well above the normal -2.9 degrees C.
• Warmest Day on the 2^nd with a maximum temperature of 13.8 degrees
• Coldest day on the 19^th  with an overnight minimum of -9.2 degrees

Precipitation

• Total precipitation of 65.8 mm was above the normal of 51.5 mm. 
• Total Rainfall of 32.4 mm was above the normal of 20.2 mm
• Total Snowfall of 31.8 cm was below the normal of 36.2 cm
• Measurable precipitation on 17 days above the normal of 15 days
• Greatest rainfall one day 6.4 mm on the 9^th 
• Greatest snowfall one day 7.1 cm on the 6^th    

Daily Records

• No daily or monthly records established this month.

Notes. 

• Total precipitation of the year to date is 616.5 mm, above the normal of 552.8 mm
  

Records for November

Mean temperature                        Extreme Daily temps Warmest    3.6  1954            Max      17.4   11^th     1981
Coldest   -15.4   1985           Min     -41.7    26^th     1955

Precipitation Driest              2.8 mm      1979    Wettest day     28.4 mm 1^st    1972
Wettest           104.2 mm      1990    Greatest snow day  26.9 cm  22^nd   1965        

South Central Interior

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