June Dryer Than Normal...Really
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:23 AM
by Jim Steele, Environment Canada
June got off to a pretty good start with near normal temperatures for the first 2 days however for the next 2 weeks, afternoon temperatures struggled to climb into the upper teens. As summer arrived on the 20th, temperature finally began to climb to more typical late June values peaking out toward the end of the month. These warm values managed to bring the monthly mean temperature back to near normal.
On the precipitation side of things, it was not your typical June with just over half the normal amount being recorded. The biggest issue was the number of days that precipitation was recorded, not great amounts each day but the persistent showers provided the impression it was wetter than it actually was
Temperatures
- Average daily high of 19.5 was right on the normal of 19.5 degrees C.
- Average daily low of 6.5 was below the normal of 7.0 degrees C.
- Mean temperature of 13.0 was slightly below the normal 13.3 degrees C.
- Warmest Day on the 30th with a maximum temperature of 29.4 degrees
- Coldest day on the 15th with an overnight minimum of 2.4 degrees
Precipitation
- Total precipitation of 39.5 mm was well below the normal of 72.7 mm.
- Measurable precipitation on 13 days below the normal of 16 days
- Greatest rainfall one day 8.4 mm on the 14th
Daily Records
· Maximum of 29.4 on the 30th breaks the old record maximum of 28.9 set in
1982
Notes.
- Total precipitation of the year to date is 234.6 mm, below the normal of 272.6 mm
South Central Interior
|
Mean Temp
Degrees C
|
Total Precip. mm
|
Maximum Degrees C
|
Minimum Degrees C
|
Quesnel
|
13.7
|
35.5
|
31.1
|
2.0
|
Williams Lake
|
12.5
|
54.4
|
30.9
|
1.1
|
Blue River
|
13.6
|
61.2
|
34.5
|
1.4
|
Kamloops
|
17.9
|
11.4
|
39.1
|
4.1
|
In what may have seemed like an abnormally cold month, temperatures over the South Central portion of the province came in near normal with snowfall below normal for most valley bottom stations.
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They say that the forests around here are as dry as can be. Not enough rain. With the hotter temps, the fire hazard rating should be skyrocketing fairly quickly ... and lots of dead trees.