April 2010 Weather...Fickle....Says Meteorologist

Friday, April 30, 2010 05:19 PM

Prince George, B.C. - Environment Canada Meteorologist Jim Steele says April of 2010 could be described as "a bit on the fickle side with some very changeable conditions".

Here is his monthly report:

The changeable conditions ranged from very warm, to on the chilly side, throw in a bit of rain, a bit of snow and even a thunderstorm and you have it covered.

On the temperature side of things, the month got off to a typical start with normal temperatures, this cooled dramatically during the second week with well below normal conditions, establishing the coolest temperatures of the month on the 10^th. Things turned around by the 14^5h with a burst of early summer conditions, afternoon temperatures climbing into the upper teens and low twenties with the warmest days of the month on the 19^th and 20^th.The last week of the month saw temperatures return to normal late April values. In then end with the combination of the cool spell and the warm spell, monthly temperatures ended up just about right on normal.

On the precipitation side of things, it was off to a typical start with some showers and a bit of snow, then dry until the end of the last week of the month. The April showers did materialize during the last week with the majority of the monthly precipitation arriving during this period. In the end, similar to the temperatures, the precipitation was just about right on normal.

Temperatures

Average daily high of 12.2 was above the normal of 11.4 degrees C.
Average daily low of -1.7 was below the normal of -1.1 degrees C.
Mean temperature of 5.3 was near the normal 5.2 degrees C.
Warmest Day on the 19^th with a maximum temperature of 23.5 degrees
Coldest day on the 4^th with an overnight minimum of -7.7 degrees

Precipitation

Total precipitation of 35.0 mm was slightly above the normal of 32.2 mm.
Total Snowfall of 4.0 cm was slightly below the normal of 6.3 cm
Total rainfall of 28.3 mm was slightly above the normal of 25.9 mm
Measurable precipitation on 11 days near the normal of 10 days
Greatest snowfall one day 3.0 cm on the 24^th
Greatest rainfall one day 8.0 mm on the 24^th

Daily Records

· New record daily maximum of 19.3 on the 18^th. Previous daily

maximum for the 18^th, 19.0 set in 1991.

· New record daily maximum of 23.5 on the 19^th. Previous daily

maximum for the 19^th, 20.8 set in 1991.

· New record daily maximum of 23.0 on the 20^th. Previous daily

maximum for the 20^th, 21.1 set in 2005.

Notes.

Total precipitation of the year to date is 94.4 mm, below the normal of 149.0 mm

Records for April

Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps

Mildest 7.0 1980 Max 29.7 25^th 1977

Coolest -1.6 1954 Min -25.6 4^th 1954

Precipitation

Driest 10.9 mm 1975 Wettest day 27.8 mm 9th 1995

Wettest 72.7 mm 1995 Snowiest day 21.8 cm 10th 1966

Most Snow 37.3 cm 1966

South Central Interior

	Mean Temp Degrees C	Total Precip. mm	Maximum Degrees C	Minimum Degrees C
Quesnel	6.5	18.4	25.4 / 20^th	-7.8 / 10^th
Williams Lake	5.0	8.4	27.4 / 20^th	-10.0 / 10^th
Blue River	5.6	36.6	24.5 / 20^th	-8.9 / 10^th
Kamloops	10.0	13.8	25.9 / 19^th	-4.5 / 10^th

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Comments

Posted by: Eagleone on April 30 2010 9:41 PM

I notice the weather in Quesnel always seems a lot warmer and dryer than in PG... Lots of hills and valleys that bisect the two cities, so I wonder if that's why we have completely different weather so often when the two cities are located so close to each other?

I hope we've seen the last of the nightly freezing anyways. Planted a little early this year....

Posted by: He spoke on May 1 2010 4:37 PM

And Williams Lake is a little bit warmer than Quesnel.

And 100 mile is a bit dryer and warmer than Williams Lake.

And then Cache Creek is a bit warmer than 100 mile house.

and then Lytton is also a bit warmer and dryer..

Hmmmmmm I wonder why, eagleone