2008 Weather Wrap
Prince George, B.C.- Environment Canada Meteorologist Jim Steele has put together a look at the weather for 2008, and it will go in the books as being a very wet one.
December 2008 had more snow than normal and was colder than normal. For the year, 2008 was 0.1 degree cooler than normal, and we had nearly 96 mm more precipitatin than the norm.
Here are his numbers on the year:
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MEAN TEMP. |
TOTAL PRECIP. (MM) |
RAIN(MM) |
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'08 |
'07 |
Diff |
'08 |
'07 |
NORM |
Diff |
'08 |
'07 |
NORM |
Diff |
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JAN |
-9.2 |
-1.8 |
0.4 |
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38.9 |
57.7 |
52.4 |
-13.5 |
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0.0 |
3.5 |
6.2 |
-6.2 |
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FEB |
-5.3 |
-5.7 |
0.1 |
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37.5 |
27.7 |
31.4 |
6.1 |
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6.4 |
4.7 |
7.2 |
-6.4 |
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MAR |
-1.0 |
-1.8 |
-0.7 |
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38.4 |
42.1 |
32.7 |
5.7 |
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2.2 |
17.0 |
13.1 |
-10.9 |
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APR |
2.1 |
6.0 |
-3.1 |
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18.2 |
41.6 |
32.2 |
-14.0 |
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11.4 |
41.6 |
25.9 |
-14.5 |
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MAY |
11.0 |
10.8 |
1.1 |
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62.1 |
53.6 |
50.9 |
11.2 |
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62.1 |
53.6 |
49.5 |
12.6 |
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JUN |
13.0 |
15.2 |
-0.3 |
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39.5 |
56.3 |
72.7 |
-33.2 |
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39.5 |
56.3 |
72.7 |
-33.2 |
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JUL |
15.5 |
17.2 |
0.0 |
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77.5 |
35.3 |
63.5 |
14.0 |
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77.5 |
35.3 |
63.5 |
14.0 |
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AUG |
15.6 |
14.1 |
0.8 |
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146.4 |
51.6 |
51.1 |
95.3 |
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146.4 |
51.6 |
51.1 |
95.3 |
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SEP |
10.6 |
11.9 |
0.5 |
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33.2 |
66.9 |
52.5 |
-19.3 |
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33.2 |
66.9 |
51.9 |
-18.7 |
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OCT |
5.0 |
3.2 |
0.4 |
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59.2 |
76.1 |
57.9 |
1.3 |
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59.2 |
76.1 |
50.0 |
9.2 |
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NOV |
0.9 |
-6.5 |
3.8 |
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65.8 |
84.9 |
51.5 |
14.3 |
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32.4 |
30.6 |
20.2 |
12.2 |
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DEC |
-11.6 |
-3.0 |
-3.8 |
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79.8 |
55.5 |
52.0 |
27.8 |
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14.8 |
3.4 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
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'08 |
3.9 |
5.0 |
-0.1 |
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696.5 |
649.3 |
600.8 |
95.7 |
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485.1 |
440.6 |
418.8 |
66.3 |
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| SNOWFALL (CM) | ||||||||||||||
| ACTUAL | 2007 | NORMAL | DEPARTURE | ** HI-LITES FOR THE YEAR** | ||||||||||
| JAN | 39.5 | 55.4 | 55.8 | -16.3 | Jan -A mild and relatively dry start however winter came back in a brutal fashion | |||||||||
| FEB | 33.2 | 31.2 | 30.1 | 3.1 | just after mid month. This provided the coldest readings of the year. | |||||||||
| MAR | 40.4 | 28.0 | 22.9 | 17.5 | Feb - Off to a chilly start, a carry over from January. with milder conditions by the | |||||||||
| APR | 5.6 | TR | 6.3 | -6.3 | the 2nd week. Colder air arrive near mid month accompanied by lots of sunshine. | |||||||||
| MAY | TR | 0.0 | 1.4 | -1.4 | March - A rough start with copious amounts of snow. Milder near mid month | |||||||||
| JUN | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | follow by record low temperatures for 3 consecutive days to end the month. | |||||||||
| JUL | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | April - A cool month with Spring having a difficult time to establish itself. A bit milder | |||||||||
| AUG | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | conditions arrive near mid month. Still it ended up being the coolest April since 1982. | |||||||||
| SEP | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.6 | May - An odd month with temperatures in streaks of above and below normal. | |||||||||
| OCT | TR | TR | 8.4 | -8.4 | Precipitation was above normal with some very wet days. | |||||||||
| NOV | 31.8 | 59.2 | 36.2 | -4.4 | June - A cool start for the first 2 weeks with temperatures only into the teens. | |||||||||
| DEC | 65.9 | 52.7 | 54.4 | 11.5 | Summer arrived on queue on the 20th with very warm conditions there after. | |||||||||
| YEAR | 216.4 | 226.5 | 216.1 | 0.3 | July - Off to a blazing start with temperatures into the upper 20''s and low 30's.Conditions cooled significantly in the 2nd week. Thunderstorms ruled the month. | |||||||||
| HOTTEST DAY -- July 1st with a very warm 31.4 DEGREES | August - Not a banner month with rainfall highlighting the picture, the 2nd wettestAugust on record with rainfall on 17 days. | |||||||||||||
| COLDEST DAY - January 28th with chilly -36.2 DEGREES |
September - A cool and unsettled start gave way to dry and warm conditions near mid month. Fall arrived with a cool unsettled period then milder to end the month. October - A very warm start but cooling after the 1st week. Precipitation was sporadic however only a trace of snow was recorded for the month. |
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| BIGGEST NEWS - August, the summer that wasn't | ||||||||||||||
| ** Note used forecast values for last 3 days of December |
November - A fairly nice month with only one day during the month with temperatures remaining below freezing. First significant snow on the 6th December - A quiet start then witnter arrived near mid month. Very cold |
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