Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)

  • Some longer term averages

    I’ve been running some data analysis on my weather archive here. A record is stored in my database every 5 minutes… so far I have 230,000 records! That’s over 800 days of data… or over 2 years and counting. Some useful averages over that long term: Average Windspeed: 4.5kph ( Average Gust Windspeed: 9.0kph Average…

  • Rain [Comin’] Our Way

    Plenty of rain and potentially some wind coming our way today and throughout the week. Dig out your Sou’Wester and gumboots. I got a message from my relatives in St. Catherines ONT today… 51cm (almost 2 feet) of snow over the weekend… much of it blown into gigantic drifts. We’ll be getting about the same,…

  • Time Change!

    Don’t forget to set your clocks forward tonight before you go to bed! We’ll lose a little daylight in the morning, but it’ll be light until 6PM! Woo! (Don’t be surprised if there are some hiccups with the website tomorrow morning… the software sometimes has issues with the time change and I will be upgrading…

  • Cold Wind tonight?

    They’ve posted a wind warning for all areas of Van Isle except our Inland region, calling for NorthWest winds… so we can probably expect some cold winds to come down at us over the Comox Glacier. Just a light Southerly right now….

  • The Rains have returned!

    Well, we were all wishing for some action weather wise… we got it today. Even got a little bit of wind to remind us just how wet a good downpour can be. Hope you’re all satisfied. 😉