January Not a Record Breaker, But Mild

Monday, February 01, 2010 09:20 AM

Prince George, B.C. -January 2010 will hit the record books as being a mild one, but not a record breaker. In his monthly weather summary, Environment Canada Meteorologist, Jim Steele says January's mean monthly temperature was 4 degrees above normal. Here is his full report:

The only real taste of winter occurred during the first week of the month with the coldest values being recorded, after that it was very mild through the 20^th. A bit cooler air settled into the area during the last week but still not even close to the typical late January temperatures.

Precipitation was on the light side with about half the normal snowfall for January. Rainfall was a bit above normal, a reflection of the milder conditions. In the end, the total rainfall and snowfall water equivalent coming in just over half the normal.

Into the record books, it will show a mild and dry January.

Temperatures

Average daily high of -1.7 was well above the normal of -5.5 degrees C.
Average daily low of -9.3 was well above the normal of -13.6 degrees C.
Mean temperature of -5.5 was well above the normal -9.6 degrees C.
Warmest Day on the 12^th with a maximum temperature of 8.3 degrees
Coldest day on the 5^th with an overnight minimum of -30.6 degrees

Precipitation

Total precipitation of 35.0 mm was below the normal of 52.4 mm.
Total Snowfall of 28.0 cm was below the normal of 55.8 cm
Total rainfall of 10.1 mm was above the normal of 6.2 mm
Measurable precipitation on 11 days below the normal of 15 days
Greatest snowfall one day 6.0 cm on the 15^th
Greatest rainfall one day 5.1 mm on the 11^th

Daily Records

· No daily or monthly records were established this month

Notes.

Total precipitation of the year to date is 35.0 mm, below the normal of 52.4

Records for January

Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps

Mildest -0.6 1992 Max 12.8 22^nd 1968

Coolest -28.7 1950 Min -50.0 2^nd 1950

Precipitation

Driest 5.0 mm 1981 Wettest day 29.0 mm 22nd 1958

Wettest 152.3 mm 1982 Snowiest day 30.8 cm 30^th 1990

Most Snow 174.7 cm 1982

South Central Interior

	Mean Temp Degrees C	Total Precip. mm	Maximum Degrees C	Minimum Degrees C
Quesnel	-4.1	11.6	9.3 / 12^th	-26.9 / 6^th
Williams Lake	-2.3	17.4	7.2 / 18^th	-24.7 / 5^th
Blue River	-4.6	88.3	4.5 / 15^th	-26.3 / 7^th
Kamloops	1.4	17.4	11.5 / 15^th	-15.4 / 6^th

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Posted on Monday, February 01, 2010 09:20 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: He spoke on February 1 2010 10:56 AM

I think Spring is going to be early this year, I am speculating by the end of March it will be green this year. Sure beats last years torture.

The temperature might be warmer, but feels colder because of the high humidity. Oh well, a bit easier on the gas bill.

Hope we get one more cold spell and one more big dump of snow. This way we will have water for the summer and snow for the olympics.

Posted by: Eagleone on February 1 2010 12:41 PM

I liked it a lot. It was a fantastic January after the horrible fall weather we had. The farmers almanac was right on this year and it calls for a mild last half of the winter... good good I say.

Posted by: gamblor on February 1 2010 7:23 PM

This is the "catastrophe" the global warming people have been harping about. If this is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Posted by: acrider54 on February 2 2010 5:48 AM

You'd never know it from the price of the gas bills to heat my home. Turned temperatures down from last year and still use more gas. Terasen says there was something wrong with my meter last year. Yeak right.