November Mild and Normal

Tuesday, December 01, 2009 09:13 AM

Prince George, B.C.- November 2009 was not your typical November as temperatures for the most part, remained slightly above normal for almost the entire month. That's the bottom line from the monthly weather report from Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Steele. Here is his full report:

The highlight would have been on the 5^th when afternoon temperatures soared to the mid teens, a 14.7 degree reading breaking the daily record. A few brief ventures into the colder side of things occurred however nothing too drastic with the coldest temperatures for the month only at minus 10 on the 14^th.

On the precipitation side of things, pretty close to a normal November with the 15^th and 16^th standing out as the really wet ones, managing almost half the monthly total on the 2 days.

Into the record books, November 2009 will show a mild month with normal precipitation.

Temperatures

Average daily high of 3.4 was above the normal of 0.6 degrees C.
Average daily low of -4.1 was above the normal of -6.3 degrees C.
Mean temperature of -0.4 was above the normal -2.9 degrees C.
Warmest Day on the 5^th with a maximum temperature of 14.7 degrees
Coldest day on the 14^th with an overnight minimum of -10.4 degrees

Precipitation

Total precipitation of 52.6 mm was near the normal of 51.5 mm.
Measurable precipitation on 16 days near the normal of 15 days
Greatest precipitation one day 18.3 mm on the 16^th

** Monitoring system is automated and only reports Total Precipitation, rain and melted snow.

Daily Records

· Maximum of 14.7 on the 5^th breaks the old record maximum of 14.2 set in 1980.

Notes

Total precipitation of the year to date is 607.5 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 .8 mm 1979 Wettest day 28.4 mm 1^st 1972

Wettest 104.2 mm 1990 Greatest snow day 26.9 cm 22^nd1965

South Central Interior

	Mean Temp Degrees C	Total Precip. mm	Maximum Degrees C	Minimum Degrees C
Quesnel	1.5	36.0	15.8 / 5^th	-12.0 / 14^th
Williams Lake	0.0	34.2	12.4 / 5th	-15.7 / 14^th
Blue River	0.6	132.1	8.7 / 6^th	-12.7 / 14^th
Kamloops	5.0	5.6	14.5 / 20^th	-5.4 / 14^th