Prince George, B.C. September 2009  was the warmest September on record with a mean temperature of 12.9 degrees, just under 3 degrees above normal. That's the good news from Environment Canada Meteorologist Jim Steele as he presents his monthly  weather summary.  Here are the details:

The month got off to a very warm start, then cooled to near normal between the 3^rd and 10^th, then record warm temperatures on both the 12^th and 13^th. A slight cooling trend arrived for a few days between the 17^th and 21^st then the last blast of heat on the 22^nd and 23^rd, yet another record temperature established on the 23^rd. The inevitable occurred in the last 5 days of the month with more fall like conditions arriving with cooler than normal conditions.

 

On the precipitation side of things, it was not your driest month that is for sure with some wet periods mixed in with the dry, ending up with slightly above normal precipitation for the month. Snowfall was basically absent with the exception of the 29^th when significant rains occurred with some mixed frozen precipitation for a brief period.

 

In the end, it was not a bad way to round out summer, a record warm September but a bit on the damp side.

 

 

 

 

Notes. 

 

 

 

Mean temperature                             Extreme Daily temps

Warmest       12.6 1963                Max      31.4    4^th    1988

Coolest           7.2 1961                Min     -12.2    26^th   1951

 

Driest                 9.3 mm       1990    Wettest day     33.3 mm 24^th   1964

Wettest           132.9 mm       1982