August Had Split Personality
By 250 News
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 09:28 AM
Prince George, B.C.- The month of August had two distinct parts says Environment Canada Meterologist Jim Steele, the first 18 days were on the warm and dry side with a couple cooler days and some showers activity, the 9th stands out as the odd one out, wet and cool. The tables turned on the 19th with part 2 of the month, cool and on the damp side. Temperature only managed to climb above the 20-degree mark once during this period with precipitation recorded on 8 out of the last 13 days.
In his monthly report, Steele says the warmer first half was warm enough to keep the overall mean temperature just a little above normal.
On the precipitation side of things, it was dry until the last day of the month when just over 12 mm of rain was recorded, resulting in almost 100% of normal precipitation for the month.
Here are the details of his report:
Temperatures
- Average daily high of 22.1 was above the normal of 21.7 degrees C.
- Average daily low of 8.5 was above the normal of 7.9 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of 15.3 was above the normal 14.8 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 15th with a maximum temperature of 30.5 degrees
- Coolest day on the 30th with an overnight minimum of 0.9 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 47.7 mm was 93% of the normal of 51.1 mm.
- Measurable precipitation on 12 days near the normal of 13 days
- Greatest rainfall one day 12.1 mm on the 31st
Daily Records / Monthly Record
- No daily or monthly records established
Notes.
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 244.1 mm, 62% of the normal of 389.6 mm
Records for August
Mean temperature Extreme Daily temps
Warmest 17.2 1981 Max 33.4 9th 1981
Coolest 11.6 1959 Min -3.9 19th 1973
Precipitation
Driest 10.8 mm 1981 Wettest day 50.0 mm 4th 1948
Wettest 147.3 mm 1948
South Central Interior
|
|
Mean Temp
Degrees C
|
Total Precip. mm
|
Maximum Degrees C
|
Minimum Degrees C
|
|
Quesnel
|
16.3
|
70.9
|
32.5 / 15th
|
1.9 / 23rd
|
|
Williams Lake
|
15.2
|
43.5
|
28.9 / 15th
|
1.4 / 30th
|
|
Blue River
|
15.0
|
55.1
|
31.4 / 5th
|
3.8 / 13th
|
|
Kamloops
|
20.6
|
15.4
|
35.4 / 25th
|
6.0 / 28th
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