Category: May

  • May 2015 Summary – 4º Warmer than Normal – Warm and Dry Outlook

    May 2015 Summary – 4º Warmer than Normal – Warm and Dry Outlook

      After what was a strangely normal April… we went back to a regime of consistent above average temperatures in May.  High temperatures were more than 4ºC above normal for our highs and 3ºC above normal for our lows.  Despite the well above normal temperatures we only managed to set 4 new record high temperatures…

  • It’s May! Bring on the sunshine and flowers!

    It’s May! Bring on the sunshine and flowers!

    After a relatively dry and warm April (more on that in the upcoming monthly summary, we are starting May off right with maybe just a few showers today and a sunny weekend.  The webcam is looking pretty good. There will be just a few showers lingering in the mountains this afternoon.      After that, it…

  • May 2014 Summary – Warm and Dry Weather Causes Snowpack to Disappear

    Pleasant May weather setting us up for Dry summer? May was above average for temperatures, and well below average for rainfall. Check out the full report below. Snowpack is gone On average, the snowpack usually disappears sometime in July.  However, the BC River Forecast Centre shows the snowpack pack effectively disappeared by the end of May, 2 weeks earlier than last year…

  • May 2013 recap: Warm and Wet – Warm and dry summer predicted

    It was a warmer and wetter than normal May. The average temperature in May was 13.2C and we received 85mm of rain. This is 2.0C above normal for temperature and 10mm above normal for rainfall compared to the 1970-2000 normal daily averages for May at Environment Canada . I am going to omit my station…