February Cooler than Normal
By 250 News
Monday, March 02, 2009 11:57 AM
Prince George, B.C.- February will go in the books as being a little wetter than normal and cooler than normal. In his monthly report, Environment Canada's Jim Steele says the month began on the mild side during the first week then cooled to remain below normal for all but a few days for the remainder of the month.
Here is the balance of the report:
A bit of an oddity was established with the mildest temperatures occurring at the beginning of the month and the coldest readings holding off until near the end of the month. Still, there were no daily records established.
On the precipitation side of things, the month got off to a rather white start then a dry period from the 10th through to the 21st. the unsettled conditions returned during the last week with more snow piling up, just when one thought winter was loosing its grip. In the end, with the colder than normal condito9ns, there was below normal mounts of rain and above normal amounts of snow.
Into the record books, February was on the cool side with below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation.
Temperatures
- Average daily high of -2.8 was below the normal of -0.8 degrees C.
- Average daily low of -13.4 was below the normal of -10.0 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of -8.1 was below the normal -5.4 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 3rd with a maximum temperature of 5.9 degrees
- Coldest day on the 26th with an overnight minimum of -30.2 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 46.2 mm was above the normal of 31.4 mm.
- Total Snowfall of 45.4 cm was above the normal of 30.1 cm
- Total rainfall of 3.3 mm was below the normal of 7.2 mm
- Measurable precipitation on 8 days below the normal of 13 days
- Greatest snowfall one day 8.2 cm on the 23rd
- Greatest rainfall one day 2.8 mm on the 5th
Daily Records
· No daily or monthly records were established this month
Notes.
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 110.3 mm, above the normal of 84.1 mm
Records for February
Mean temperature
Mildest 1.3 1991
Coolest -14.5 1949
Extreme Daily temps
Max 12.8 27th 1954
Min -45.0 15th 1956
Precipitation
- Driest 1.6 mm 1993
- Wettest 87.9 mm 1956
- Wettest day 2.9 mm 12th 1954
- Snowiest day 22.9 cm 12th 1954
- Most Snow 87.9 cm 1956
South Central Interior
|
|
Mean Temp
Degrees C
|
Total Precip. mm
|
Maximum Degrees C
|
Minimum Degrees C
|
|
Quesnel
|
-7.5
|
25.0
|
6.1
|
-29.1
|
|
Williams Lake
|
-7.0
|
28.3
|
7.3
|
-21.5
|
|
Blue River
|
-7.0
|
64.4
|
5.0
|
-27.4
|
|
Kamloops
|
-3.1
|
6.3
|
6.1
|
-16.6
|
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Posted by: Harbinger on March 2 2009 6:40 PM