Alberniweather and Port Alberni Summary for October 2023
Story of the Month – Extremely Normal Rain
After months of drought, October 2023 registered a perfectly normal amount of rain. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make up for the previous months of drought, but it’s a good sign and likely a sign of an El Niño influenced fall and winter to come.
A new Webcam
There really wasn’t much more happening this month. Aside from the slightly early start to the cold and slushy weather, we didn’t have any major records broken this month. The Airport only set 2 new records, both for low temperatures, but neither came anywhere near an all time low. I did get the new webcam installed and am continuing to work out the bugs there. It’s slowly coming around.
Edit December 6, 2023: Hey! I just got the monthly timelapses going. Below is the October one. It’s a little incomplete in terms of days as I was working out the bugs, but also has some fun footage of the setup of the camera. There is a raccoon!
Ocean Conditions – Nearby Cold patch in a World of Heat
The current image of the Ocean from October 31st is pretty stunning. Huge regions of the world’s oceans are above normal temperatures. There is one small pocket just off of Vancouver Island and the Northwest US in blue that is cooler than normal. This might at least tamp down the intensity of some storms but there is a ton of very hot water off of Japan.
The El Niño area off of the coast of South America is looking very impressive. That is going to be adding a lot of energy into the Pacific and entire world atmosphere.
That’s all I have for today. Enjoy the stats below!
Airport Daily Records Set this Month
Set at Airport* since 1994 and compared to Valley stations** for all time.
(since 1895 for rain, 1900 for temperatures, 1980 for snow on ground)
The Airport only set 2 station records this month. Both were low temperature records. It is worth reminding that last year, October 2022, the Airport set new high temperature records on 19 of 31 days plus one low and one rain record.
- October 26 – Low Temp -2.1º C at Airport. All Time is -5.6º C in 1919 at Beaver Creek.
- October 28 – Low Temp -3.9ºC at Airport. All Time is -6.1º C in 1971 at Robertson Creek.
This Month’s Graphs from Historic Alberni Valley Weather Stations
Combining Environment Canada and other Personal Weather Stations
Latest values on the far right, click to enlarge/download.
This Month’s City Values
Compared to Normal
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| Extreme (ºC) | Average (ºC) | (mm) | Wind (kph) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Max | Min | Min | Mean | Max | Rain | Dir | Speed | Day |
| Alberniweather | 26.9 | -1.4 | 6.9 | 10.7 | 16.7 | 162.3 | SSE | 41.8 | 16 |
| Alberni Elem | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Maquinna Elem | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Dave’s (Uptown) | 26.2 | -0.6 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 16.0 | 239.0 | NA | NA | NA |
| Nick’s (South Port) | 21.2 | -0.9 | 7.4 | 10.1 | 13.9 | 156.8 | NA | NA | NA |
| Kitsuksis (North Port) | 26.1 | -2.8 | 6.3 | 10.2 | 16.4 | 226.3 | NA | NA | NA |
| Extreme (ºC) | Average (ºC) | Average (mm) | Ext. Wind (kph) | ||||||
| Max | Min | Min | Mean | Max | Rain | Dir | Speed | Day | |
| Combined City | 26.9 | -2.8 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 15.8 | 196.1 | SSE | 41.8 | 16 |
| Normal (Somass) 1971-2000 |
5.0 | 9.9 | 14.8 | 193.6 | |||||
| Difference from Normal | +2.0 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +2.5 (101%) |
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Extreme Day at Somass |
27.1 | -8.5 | 101.0 | 47 | |||||
| Max | Min | Min | Mean | Max | Rain (mm) | Dir | Speed | Day | |
| Extreme (ºC) | Average (ºC) | Wind (kph) | |||||||
| Days of Rain | >=0.2 mm | >=5 mm | >=10 mm | >=25 mm | |||||
| Normal | 15.7 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 2.6 | |||||
| This Month (Alberniweather) |
14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | |||||
Official Airport and Robertson Creek Environment Canada Stations Compared to Normal
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| Extreme (ºC) | Average (ºC) | (mm) | Wind (kph) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Max | Min | Min | Mean | Max | Precip | Dir | Speed | Day |
| 25.1 | -3.9 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 15.3 | 206 | S | 32 | 9 | |
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Robertson Creek |
25.0 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 74.6 | NA | ||
| Normal (Robertson Creek) 1971-2000 |
4.9 | 9.7 | 14.4 | 210.2 | |||||
| Difference from Normal (from Airport) |
+0.3 | +0.6 | +0.9 | -4.2 (98.1%) |
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Extreme Day |
27.5 | -7.0 | 124 | NA | |||||
| Max | Min | Min | Mean | Max | Rain (mm) | Dir | Speed | Day | |
| *New Extreme for Month | |||||||||
| Days of Precipitation | >=0.2 mm | >=5 mm | >=10 mm | >=25 mm | |||||
| Normal | 16.5 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 2.9 | |||||
| This Month (Airport) |
13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |||||
* May have used backup Environment Canada Data source at WeatherStats.ca for Missing Data
** Short Term means since 1994 at the new AVRA Airport. Airport Records are compared to the 30+ year weather stations of record since 1900 (1895 for rain) at Beaver Creek, Port Alberni “City” and Robertson Creek. Note that records pre 1950 may be more likely to over-estimate high temperatures.
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