Alerts: Weather Summaries

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 2:40 p.m. PDT Thursday 10 October 2019.

Discussion.

The following areas set or tied a daily minimum temperature record
on October 10, 2019 (preliminary):

Abbotsford Area
New record of -1.1
Old record of -0.1 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Bella Coola Area (Bella Coola Airport)
New record of -3.4
Old record of -3.3 set in 1915
Records in this area have been kept since 1895

Campbell River Area
New record of -5.0
Old record of -3.0 set in 1983
Records in this area have been kept since 1958

Hope Area
New record of -0.1
Old record of 2.8 set in 1960
Records in this area have been kept since 1936

Lytton Area
New record of -2.3
Old record of -1.7 set in 2009
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Nanaimo Area
New record of -1.5
Old record of 0.0 set in 1948
Records in this area have been kept since 1892

Port Alberni Area
New record of -3.4
Old record of -1.1 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Port Hardy Area
New record of -1.8
Old record of -0.6 set in 1972
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Powell River Area
New record of -1.8
Old record of -0.3 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1924

Sechelt Area
New record of 1.0
Old record of 2.0 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Sparwood Area
New record of -15.2
Old record of -14.5 set in 2009
Records in this area have been kept since 1969

Squamish Area
New record of -2.2
Old record of 0.9 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

University of Victoria
New record of 0.4
Old record of 2.2 set in 1890
Records in this area have been kept since 1874

Vancouver Area
New record of -0.7
Old record of -0.6 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1896

Victoria Area
Tied record of 0.0
Old record of 0.0 set in 1969
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

White Rock Area
New record of -0.1
Old record of 2.0 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1929

The following areas set or tied a daily minimum temperature record
on October 9, 2019:

Bella Bella Area (Bella Bella)
New record of -3.4
Old record of 0.0 set in 2016
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Bella Coola Area (Bella Coola Airport)
New record of -2.9
Old record of -1.1 set in 1907
Records in this area have been kept since 1895

Burns Lake Area (Burns Lake Decker Lake)
New record of -11.4
Old record of -9.4 set in 1957
Records in this area have been kept since 1949

Clinton Area (Clinton RCS)
New record of -10.1
Old record of -8.4 set in 2009
Records in this area have been kept since 1973

Hope Area (Hope Airport)
New record of -0.6
Old record of 1.1 set in 1948
Records in this area have been kept since 1936

Lytton Area (Lytton RCS)
New record of -1.7
Old record of -0.6 set in 1932
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Mackenzie Area (Mackenzie Airport Auto)
New record of -8.6
Old record of -7.2 set in 1972
Records in this area have been kept since 1971

Malahat Area (Malahat)
New record of 0.8
Old record of 3.0 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1986

Merritt Area (Merritt)
New record of -5.9
Old record of -5.0 set in 1973
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Nakusp Area (Nakusp CS)
New record of -2.7
Old record of -2.3 set in 2009
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Port Alberni Area (Port Alberni (AUT))
New record of -3.9
Old record of -1.7 set in 1959
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Port Hardy Area (Port Hardy A)
New record of -2.5
Old record of 1.1 set in 1957
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Powell River Area (Powell River)
New record of -2.5
Old record of 2.0 set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1924

Puntzi Mountain Area (Puntzi Mountain (AUT))
New record of -11.7
Old record of -10.2 set in 2006
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Sechelt Area (Sechelt AUT)
New record of -0.3
Old record of 1.7 set in 1959
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Smithers Area (Smithers Airport Auto)
New record of -7.1
Old record of -6.7 set in 1959
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

Squamish Area (Squamish Airport)
Tied record of 0.2 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

Tatlayoko Lake Area (Tatlayoko Lake RCS)
New record of -12.4
Old record of -10.0 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1930

Terrace Area (Terrace A)
New record of -5.5
Old record of -3.3 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Victoria Area (Victoria Intl A)
New record of 0.6
Old record of 1.7 set in 1948
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

Whistler Area (Whistler - Nesters)
New record of -3.3
Old record of -3.2 set in 1977
Records in this area have been kept since 1950

Williams Lake Area (Williams Lake A)
New record of -8.0
Old record of -7.9 set in 2009
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 9:36 a.m. PST Sunday 10 November 2019.

Discussion.

A clash between a pacific low and arctic air generated heavy snow
over northeast BC from 8th November to 9th November 2019.

The following is a summary of storm snowfall totals received by
Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 10 P.M. PST 9th November
2019.

Summary of snowfall accumulations in cm:

Link Creek Hwy Station: 36
Fort St. John Airport: 31
73 Mile Hwy Station: 26
Braden Road Hwy Station: 21
Mackenzie Airport: 13

[SouthSardiswx]

E.C. is so lame is that in feet or cm? I know what it is but come on if your going to post E.C. use proper measurement please.

[Monty]

E.C. is so lame is that in feet or cm? I know what it is but come on if your going to post E.C. use proper measurement please.

You should read it again. It says right on it “Summary of snowfall accumulations in cm:”

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 9:34 p.m. PST Sunday 17 November 2019.

Discussion.

An Atmospheric River hammered the B.C. Coast with heavy rain on
Saturday and Sunday.

The following are storm event rainfall totals up to Sunday at 4pm.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment Canada.

Summary of rainfall in mm:

South Coast

Vancouver Harbour: 66
Vancouver International Airport: 34
Pitt Meadows: 49
White Rock: 30
Lynn Valley: 99
West Vancouver: 69
Abbotsford Airport: 42
Eagle Ridge: 61
Agassiz: 45
Cultus Lake: 37
Squamish: 70
Port Mellon: 102
Brandywine: 64
Pender Harbour: 40
Westwood Plateau: 117

Vancouver Island

Malahat: 33
Victoria University: 27
Esquimalt Harbour: 35
Bowser: 53
Tofino: 167
Ucluelet: 210
North Courtenay: 42
Campbell RIver: 23
Zeballos: 106

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 10:26 a.m. PST Monday 18 November 2019.

Discussion.

New daily high temperature records were set yesterday due to an
atmospheric river bringing warm and moist tropical air to B.C.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada.

The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record
on November 17, 2019:

Bella Bella Area
New record of 12.9
Old record of 12.4 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Bella Coola Area
New record of 12.6
Old record of 11.6 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1895

Burns Lake Area
New record of 10.6
Old record of 10.0 set in 1949
Records in this area have been kept since 1949

Campbell River Area
New record of 12.0
Old record of 11.7 et in 1976
Records in this area have been kept since 1958

Chetwynd Area
New record of 12.6
Old record of 10.5 set in 2005
Records in this area have been kept since 1970

Clinton Area
New record of 11.0
Old record of 7.3 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1973

Gibsons Area
Tied record of 14.0 set in 1995
Records in this area have been kept since 1949

Mackenzie Area
New record of 8.5
Old record of 4.4 set in 1976
Records in this area have been kept since 1971

Merritt Area
New record of 15.2
Old record of 14.4 set in 1932
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Prince George Area
New record of 11.9
Old record of 11.7 set in 1936
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Puntzi Mountain Area
New record of 11.3
Old record of 8.7 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Sechelt Area
Tied record of 14.0 set in 1995
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Smithers Area
New record of 11.7
Old record of 7.8 set in 1949
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

Terrace Area
New record of 10.6
Old record of 10.0 set in 1936
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Victoria Int'l
New record of 15.9
Old record of 15.6 set in 1932
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

Williams Lake Area
New record of 12.4
Old record of 11.4 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

Note: the temperature records reported here have been derived from a
selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record.

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 9:34 a.m. PST Wednesday 4 December 2019.

Discussion.

A slow moving front deposited heavy snowfall accumulations across
portions of the B.C. interior from Monday night to Wednesday (Dec 2
to Dec 4, 2019).

The following is a summary of snowfall accumulations received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 5 a.m. PST, December 4,
2019.

1. Summary of snowfall accumulations in cm for the Columbias:

Mica Highway Station: 47
Nordic 2 Highway Station: 31
Albert Canyon Highway Station: 30
50 Mile Highway Station: 29
Clanwilliam Highway Station: 24
Revelstoke Airport: 24
North Columbia Airport: 23
Malakwa Highway Station: 13

2. Summary of snowfall accumulations in cm for the Yellowhead:

Robson Roadside Highway Station: 24

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/PSPC

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 9:18 p.m. PST Monday 16 December 2019.

Discussion.

A warm front moved across central B.C. on Monday, 16th December 2019
and produced heavy snow.

The following is a summary of snowfall totals received by
Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 8 P.M. PST, 16th December
2019.

Summary of snowfall accumulation in cm:

Quesnel Area:

Dragon Lake Hwy Station: 21
Hush Lake Hwy Station: 18
Quesnel Airport: 18

Prince George Area:

Tamarac Hwy Station: 12
Prince George Airport: 10

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 9:49 a.m. PST Friday 20 December 2019.

Discussion.

An atmospheric river brought copious amounts of precipitation in the
form of rain and snow to southern B.C. beginning on Thursday, 19th
December 2019. It also gave a blast of wind to the Victoria area
Thursday afternoon.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 9 A.M. PST, 20th December
2019.

1. Summary of snowfall accumulation for High Elevation Routes in cm:

Coquihalla Hope to Merritt: 40 to 72
Allison Pass: 69
Larson Hill: 36
Eagle Pass to Rogers Pass: 15 to 24
Pennask Summit: 19
Kootenay Pass: 16
Coquihalla Merritt to Kamloops: 8 to 11

2. Summary of snowfall accumulation for the Southwest Interior in
cm:

Princeton Area: 26 to 30
Vernon Area: 9 to 11
Kelowna Area: 9 to 15
Fraser Canyon Area: 5 to 9

3. Summary of snowfall accumulation for the Columbias in cm:

West Columbia Area: 12 to 24
North Columbia Area: 6 to 18

4. Summary of snowfall accumulation for the Kootenays in cm:

East Kootenay - North Area: 12 to 20
Arrow Lakes-Slocan Lakes Area: 10 to 19
Creston: 16
Sparwood/Elkford: 13 to 15
Castlegar: 13
Nelson: 12
Warfield: 12
Beasley Bluffs: 12
Cranbrook: 11

5. Summary of rainfall amounts for the south coast in mm:

Agassiz: 69
Hope Area: 45 to 65
Cultus Lake: 63

6. Summary of maximum wind gust for Greater Victoria in km/h:

Trial Lightstation: 107
Discovery Island: 93
Kelp Reefs: 87

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

[Glacier]

^LIARS! Only 0.5 cm at my place near Vernon... that said, it is snowing now... 5 cm in the past 4 hours.

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 6:20 a.m. PST Saturday 21 December 2019.

Discussion.

An atmospheric river brought copious amounts of precipitation in the
form of rain and snow to southern B.C. beginning on Thursday, 19th
December 2019.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 5 A.M. PST, 21st December
2019.

1. Summary of snowfall accumulation for High Elevation Routes in cm:

Coquihalla Hope to Merritt: 45 to 97
Allison Pass: 94 to 103
Eagle Pass to Rogers Pass: 23 to 38
Pennask Summit: 30
Kootenay Pass: 20
Coquihalla Merritt to Kamloops: 10 to 22

2. Summary of snowfall accumulation for the Southwest Interior in
cm:

Princeton Area: 30 to 47
Vernon Area: 9 to 15
Kelowna Area: 9 to 15
Fraser Canyon Area: 10 to 14

3. Summary of snowfall accumulation for the Columbias in cm:

West Columbia Area: 16 to 40
North Columbia Area: 19 to 31

4. Summary of snowfall accumulation for the Kootenays in cm:

East Kootenay - North Area: 15 to 20
Arrow Lakes-Slocan Lakes Area: 10 to 19
Creston: 16
Sparwood/Elkford: 13 to 15
Castlegar: 13
Nelson: 12
Warfield: 12
Beasley Bluffs: 12
Cranbrook: 11

5. Summary of rainfall amounts for the south coast in mm:

Agassiz: 102
Hope Area: 85 to 110
Cultus Lake: 114

6. Summary of rainfall amounts for Elk Valley in mm:

Morrissey: 78

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.

End/PSPC

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 8:26 a.m. PST Wednesday 1 January 2020.

Discussion.

A strong winter storm hammered BC with rain on the coast and snow in
the interior.

The following is an unofficial summary of weather event information
received by Environment Canada.

Summary of snowfall in cm up to 8am today:

Columbias
Blue River: 38
Malakwa: 57
Clanwilliam Lake: 51

Okanagan & Shuswap
Salmon Arm: 11
Squilax: 12
Kalamalka Lookout: 20
Vernon: 12-42
Kelowna: 10-25
West Kelowna: 14
Winfield: 18

Kootenays
Summit Lake: 47
Warfield: 15
Trail: 22
Bonnington Falls: 15
Beasley: 17

Summary of rainfall in mm:

South Coast
Vancouver Harbour: 89
Vancouver International Airport: 36
Pitt Meadows: 92
West Vancouver: 77
Point Atkinson: 105
Agassiz: 57
Squamish: 75

Vancouver Island
Tofino: 99

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 7:00 a.m. PST Saturday 4 January 2020.

Discussion.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on
January 3, 2020:

Abbotsford Area (Abbotsford A)
New record of 15.7
Old record of 13.8 set in 2003
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Cache Creek Area (Ashcroft)
New record of 13.8
Old record of 12.4 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Comox Area (Comox A)
New record of 12.4
Old record of 11.7 set in 1964
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

Lillooet Area (Lillooet)
New record of 16.5
Old record of 11.1 set in 2001
Records in this area have been kept since 1881

Lytton Area (Lytton RCS)
New record of 14.8
Old record of 11.3 set in 1984
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Merritt Area (Merritt)
New record of 12.6
Old record of 11.5 set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Osoyoos Area (Osoyoos CS)
New record of 9.7
Old record of 9.0 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1954

Penticton Area (Penticton A)
New record of 9.3
Old record of 8.9 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Pitt Meadows Area (Pitt Meadows CS)
New record of 15.3
Old record of 13.9 set in 1934
Records in this area have been kept since 1874

Summerland Area (Summerland CS)
New record of 9.0
Old record of 8.9 set in 1936
Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Vancouver Area (Vancouver Intl A)
New record of 12.0
Old record of 11.7 set in 1934
Records in this area have been kept since 1896

White Rock Area (White Rock Campbell Scientific)
New record of 14.4
Old record of 13.3 set in 2003
Records in this area have been kept since 1929

Note: the temperature records reported here have been derived from a
selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record.

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 1:01 p.m. PST Wednesday 8 January 2020.

Discussion.

Two frontal waves moved across British Columbia on the 6th and 7th
of January 2020. It gave heavy rain to the south coast and heavy
snow to the interior.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 12 p.m. PST 8th January
2020.

1. Summary of Columbia snowfall in cm:
Albert Canyon/Rogers Pass: 40
Revelstoke Area: 30 to 40
Blue River: 24

2. Summary of south coast, southwest and central interior snowfall
in cm:

Whistler: 56
West Kelowna: 27
Vernon Area: 14 to 20
Winfield: 19
Salmon Arm Area: 13 to 17
Sicamous Area: 14
Kelowna Area: 10 to 16
Princeton Area: 13
Tatlayoko Lake: 12
Lytton Area: 10
Puntzi Mountain: 9

3. Summary of Kootenay snowfall in cm:

Beasley: 28 to 33
Coffee Creek: 35
Nakusp Area: 25
Nelson: 21
Creston Airport: 19
Castlegar Airport: 17
Morrissey: 11

4. Summary of High Elevation Routes snowfall in cm:

Kootenay Pass: 53
Allison Pass: 43
Trans-Canada Eagle Pass to Rogers Pass: 30 to 40
Paulson Summit: 28
Coquihalla Summit: 27
Pennask Summit: 15

4. Summary of south coast rainfall in mm:

Port Mellon: 145
Mission Area: 101
Squamish Area: 96
West Vancouver: 65 to 80
Pitt Meadows Airport: 76
Sea-to-Sky Highway: 60 to 83
Chilliwack Area: 85
Hope Area: 60 to 80
Abbotsford Area: 72
Agassiz: 72
Bowser: 59
Cochrane: 63

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 12:06 p.m. PST Tuesday 14 January 2020.

Discussion.

A cold arctic airmass remains entrenched over British Columbia. The
areas with clear skies allowed temperatures to dip to record levels
the morning of 14th January 2020.

The following is a summary of record low temperatures received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 11 a.m. PST, 14th
January 2020.

1. Summary of record low temperatures in degrees celsius:

Bella Bella Area
New record: -11.0
Old record: -5.0 set in 2005

Blue River Area
New record: -43.3
Old record: 39.4 set in 2005

Burns Lake Area
New record: 43.1
Old record: 42.2 set in 1950

Clinton Area
New record: -37.9
Old record: 33.7 set in 2005

Malahat
New record: -8.2
Old record: -5.6 set in 2007

Muncho Lake Area
New record: -43.0
Old record: -42.0 set in 1979

Prince Rupert Area
New record: -17.2 (tied)
Old record: -17.2 set in 1969

Puntzi Mountain Area
New record: -48.8
Old record: -43.4 set in 2005

2. Summary of near-record temperatures in degrees celsius:

Cassiar Mountains
Recorded temperature: 42.7
Current record: 42.8 set in 1969

Kitimat Area
Recorded temperature: -19.2
Current record: 19.4 set in 1953

Squamish Area
Recorded temperature: -9.5
Current record: -9.7 set in 2007

Stewart Area
Recorded temperature: -21.0
Current record: -22.0 set in 1979

Vanderhoof Area
Recorded temperature: -45.2
Current record: -45.6 set in 1953

Williams Lake Area
Recorded temperature: -36.4
Current record: -36.5 set in 2005

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.