Random Stats

[Glacier]

Here is what the data looks like for +5 and +30. I had to switch out Iqaluit for Kugluktuk at +30 because Iqaluit never gets that hot.

Note that I've included the Humidex, Heat Index, and the Australian Apparent Temperature that accounts for BOTH humidity and wind.

At +30, Lytton feels colder than anywhere else in Canada, not because of the lack humidity, but because of the wind plus the low humidity. Other places have less humidity, but they are also less windy.

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[Glacier]

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[Typeing3]

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Arctic outflow clearly visible for Abbotsford there.

[Glacier]

People in Kelowna like to say that it's the least windy city in Canada. LOL, not even close...

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Some updates. Clearwater is similar to Pemberton. Good location I think so no shelter from the wind.

Anahim Lake airport (a forestry station) is similar to Squamish.

Princeton is about 5 km/h average, so just below Port Alberni. It's complicated to calculate because some years the hourly data is only taken during certain times of day. When you calculate by hour and month, Princeton is higher than my original graph showed.

Smithers and Dease Lake average 5.4 and 5.6 respectively, so somewhere between Squamish and Kelowna.

The lowest average windspeed in any month in Canada is Dawson, YT in January with an average speed of just 1.5 km/h.

Generating wind power in the interior of BC or Yukon is a really bad idea because these areas are some of the least windy in the entire world. As far as I know, Blue River is the least windy place on earth.

[SouthSardiswx]

Some updates. Clearwater is similar to Pemberton. Good location I think so no shelter from the wind.

Anahim Lake airport (a forestry station) is similar to Squamish.

Princeton is about 5 km/h average, so just below Port Alberni. It's complicated to calculate because some years the hourly data is only taken during certain times of day. When you calculate by hour and month, Princeton is higher than my original graph showed.

Smithers and Dease Lake average 5.4 and 5.6 respectively, so somewhere between Squamish and Kelowna.

The lowest average windspeed in any month in Canada is Dawson, YT in January with an average speed of just 1.5 km/h.

Generating wind power in the interior of BC or Yukon is a really bad idea because these areas are some of the least windy in the entire world. As far as I know, Blue River is the least windy place on earth.

This should be renamed A.I. random stats Glace.

[Glacier]

It's interesting, Tatlayoko Lake in the Chilcotin only has 46 days per year that don't rise above freezing. Of the 206 stations in the 1991-2020 normals database, that's the 26th lowest.

BUT, Tatlayoko Lake has 220 days per year where the daily low is zero or below. That's one of the HIGHEST in Canada of the 206 stations, this is 55th. For July, this Chilcotin location weighs in at 10th!

So the Chilcotin is similar to southern Ontario in terms of number of days that don't rise above freezing, but has 100 more days that drop below freezing!

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[Glacier]

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[Glacier]

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[Glacier]

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[Glacier]

Some amazing temperature changes... I challenge anyone here to find a higher change from one day to the next.

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[SouthSardiswx]

Some amazing temperature changes... I challenge anyone here to find a higher change from one day to the next.

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I can claim to fame on that one Glace, when the Mrs.'s cranks up the furnance in the house the temperature change is through the roof.

[Glacier]

The Nov 1975 Atmospheric river that hit the west Chilcotin was kinda awesome! Half of the annual average precipitation fell in just 4 days!

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[Glacier]

The Lower Mainland had been getting progressively drier for 50 years, but has since been getting progressively wetter for 20 years, and no one has noticed.

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[Abby_wx]

Interesting, but YVR had a broken humidity sensor for much of 2022 as I recall. Several of us commented on it.

There was also the changeover to Nav Canada instrumentation starting in 2012, which could affect the observed humidity.

I don't know if these two factors would fully explain the trend, but I wouldn't discount them.

[Glacier]

Interesting, but YVR had a broken humidity sensor for much of 2022 as I recall. Several of us commented on it.

There was also the changeover to Nav Canada instrumentation starting in 2012, which could affect the observed humidity.

I don't know if these two factors would fully explain the trend, but I wouldn't discount them.

I wouldn't discount that either. Or just using different instruments. Here is the Cariboo that shows a similar trend, though, you could say it has also been dropping in recent years.

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