So you think August was a write off, well not really.

Jim Steele from Environment Canada says  other than the two  record low's recorded,  the weather wasn't really off the mark for August in Prince George.

Here is his  report:

Mean Monthly Temperature   13.4     Normal            14.8

Mean Monthly Maximum         20.1     Normal            21.7

Mean Monthly Minimum            6.6     Normal              7.9

9^th   new daily minimum of  0.4 degrees – old record 1.1 set in 1959

10^th   new daily minimum of  0.8 degrees – old record 1.5 set in 1993

                                                           

Warmest Day  on the 16^th  with a maximum temperature of  29.4 degrees.

Coolest Day was on the 9^th   with an overnight minimum of  0.4 degrees.   

Total Monthly Precipitation    51.6 mm    Normal      51.1 mm

Greatest rainfall in 24 hours 7.8 mm on the 29^th   

Days with measurable Precipitation   15 Days   Normal   13  Days

To put it nicely and politically correct, August "struggled" on the weather side with no real hot and dry stretches. The month failed to produce a temperature exceeding 30 degrees, probably not great for ice cream sales. In fact there were 17 days during the month when the daily maximum failed to climb about the 20 degree mark.  To top this off, 2 new record daily minimums were also established on the 9^th and 10^th. The overnight lows hovered just above the freezing mark producing frost in some low lying areas. This all translated in a cooler than normal month, by just shy of 1.5 degrees.

Precipitation, although not an overly wet month, came on a frequent basis with 15 days seeing measurable precipitation, 2 days more than normal. The total amount was just a slightly more than the average August with the last 3 days on the damp side ensuring at least the normal would be achieved.