December- Cold And Dry
By 250 News
Thursday, December 31, 2009 09:16 AM
Prince George- December was a cold month, not real extreme cold but persistently below normal for most of the month. A period between the 12th and the 16th brought the coldest conditions for the month and entire year with a chilly -37.4 degrees on the 14th. This was followed by a bit of milder air for a few days then back into the deep freeze for Christmas. On the precipitation side of things, snow did arrive but not in your typical December fashion with snowfall ending up about half the normal amount.
Into the record books, December will go down as cold and dry.
Temperatures
- Average daily high of -9.7 was well below the normal of -4.0 degrees C.
- Average daily low of -18.3 was well below the normal of -11.7 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of -14.0 was well below the normal -7.8 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 18th with a maximum temperature of 4.0 degrees
- Coldest day on the 14th with an overnight minimum of -37.4 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 23.3 mm was well below the normal of 52.0 mm.
- Total Rainfall of 0.0 mm was below the normal of 7.5 mm
- Total Snowfall of 37.2 cm was well below the normal of 54.4 cm
- Measurable precipitation on 13 days above the normal of 8 days
- Greatest rainfall one day 0.0 mm on the xxx
- Greatest snowfall one day 6.0 cm on the 4th
Daily Records
· Minimum of -37.4 on the 14th breaks the old record minimum of -37.2 set in 1955
Notes.
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 630.8 mm, above the normal of 604.8 mm
Records for December
Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps
Warmest -1.0 1991 Max 11.7 13th 1952
Coldest -16.4 1983 Min -45.6 16th 1964
Precipitation
Driest 5.8 mm 2002 Wettest day 29.0 mm 14th 1949
Wettest 126.6 mm 1949 Greatest snow day 30.8 cm 30th 1990
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Posted by: He spoke on December 31 2009 3:07 PM
Confirmation that City Council and City Administration can't even budget for this amount of snow to remove from City streets. There are definitely serious deficiencies in the way the City of Prince George is being administered and maintained.