Alerts: Weather Summaries

[Canada Goose]

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

[Canada Goose]

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.

[Glacier]

The Puntzi Mountain temperature was -48.8C for two days in a row. Not only does it set the new record for each day, but it records the coldest temperature since 1996. Can you imagine how cold it was in 1950!? If we add another 2.7 degrees (based upon Tatlayoko), we are up to -55.5C (68F), which would be the second coldest temperature ever recorded in BC (the abandoned town of Smith River, situated near the Yukon border, recorded 3 days colder than that during the all time extreme cold snap in 1947).

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 11:14 a.m. PST Saturday 18 January 2020.

Discussion.

A winter storm brought heavy snow, strong wind and freezing rain to
coastal British Columbia Friday night and Saturday, 17 to 18th
January 2020.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 8 a.m. PST 18th January
2020. Snow accumulation numbers will be updated as reports come in.

1. Summary of snowfall totals in cm:

Sproat Lake: 30
Lake Cowichan: 30
Campbell River Airport: 28
North Courtenay: 24
Port Alberni Area: 9 to 25
Squamish Area: 17
Masset Airport: 10
Nanaimo Airport: 6

2. Summary of max wind or gust in km/h:

---South coast---

Trial Lightstation: 100
Chrome Lightstation: 93
Discovery Island: 91
Pam Rocks: 89
Powell River: 88
Quatsino Lightstation: 83
Kelp Reefs: 81
Entrance Island Lightstation: 77

---North coast---

Green Island Lightstation: 139
Cape Scott: 139
Herbert Island: 136
Catherdral Point: 130
Cumshewa Island: 110
Langara Point: 109
Egg Island Lightstation: 106
Holland Rock: 89
Pine Island Lightstation: 83

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Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 8:09 p.m. PST Thursday 23 January 2020.

Discussion.

A moisture-laden low pressure system moved across the south coast on
the 22nd and 23rd of January 2020 bringing heavy rain to many
communities on Vancouver Island and around the Lower Mainland.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 7 P.M. PST, 23rd January
2020.

1. Summary of rainfall totals for Vancouver Island in mm:

Kennedy Lake: 127
Tofino Airport: 80
Pachena Point: 75
Ucluelet: 74
Cape Beale Lightstation: 73
Chemainus: 70
Nootka Lightstation: 62
Zeballos: 59
Bowser: 50
Malahat Summit: 46
Cochrane: 44
North Cowichan: 44
Shawnigan Lake: 44
North Courtenay: 43
Heriot Bay (Quadra Island): 37
Cedar: 35

2. Summary of rainfall totals for the Lower Mainland and Howe Sound
in mm:

Coquitlam - Heritage Mountain: 80
Port Moody - Glenayre: 69
West Vancouver: 68
Mission Area: 64
Eagle Ridge: 60
Pitt Meadows Airport: 59
Vancouver Harbour: 59
Surrey - Cloverdale: 53
North Vancouver: 50
Squamish: 46
Vancouver Int'l Airport: 43

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Effingham?

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 4:38 a.m. PST Saturday 1 February 2020.

Discussion.

An atmospheric river carrying warm and moist sub-tropical air
continues to give heavy rain to the south coast of British Columbia.
Heavy rain will continue this morning.

The following is a summary of rainfall totals received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 04:00 on February 1,
2020.

Summary of rainfall amounts in mm since rain began Thursday
afternoon:

Effingham: 371
Kennedy Lake: 172
Port Alberni: 81
North Cowichan: 67
Bowser: 87
Cochrane: 96
Sechelt: 46

Coquitlam Burke Mountain: 176
UBC Research: 137
Pitt Meadows: 138
Port Mellon: 140
White Rock: 89
Abbotsford Area: 119
West Vancouver: 84
Eagle Ridge: 84
Squamish: 166
Brandywine: 107
Whislter area: 62
Pemberton: 65
Vancouver Harbour: 79
Agassiz: 97
Hope: 117
Vancouver Int'l: 55

[Canada Goose]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 10:50 a.m. PST Tuesday 4 February 2020.

Discussion.

A frontal system is moving through northern B.C. and is giving
periods of snow to parts of the region.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 10:00 PST on February 4,
2020.

Summary of snowfall accumulations in cm:

Kitimat: 23
Onion Lake: 20
Terrace: 17
Stewart: 17
Prince George: 10
Burns Lake: 10
Mackenzie: 9
Bella Coola: 9

[Canada Goose]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 6:24 p.m. PDT Sunday 15 March 2020.

Discussion.

An Arctic airmass has brought another cold morning to BC this
weekend.

Note: These results are preliminary; official daily max/min data is
available in the 06Z synoptic reports and may differ from the
max/min data based on the 00Z synoptic reports.

The following areas will have set a daily minimum temperature record
on March 15, 2020:

Bella Bella Area (Bella Bella)
Preliminary new record of -7.7
Old record of -2.5 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Burns Lake Area (Burns Lake Decker Lake)
Preliminary new record of -24.2
Old record of -21.1 set in 1955
Records in this area have been kept since 1949

Clinton Area (Clinton RCS)
Preliminary new record of -20.4
Old record of -11.5 set in 2007
Records in this area have been kept since 1973

Hope Area (Hope Airport)
Preliminary new record of -3.8
Old record of -2.8 set in 1943
Records in this area have been kept since 1936

Lillooet Area (Lillooet)
Preliminary new record of -10.3
Old record of -6.7 set in 1882
Records in this area have been kept since 1881

Lytton Area (Lytton RCS)
Preliminary new record of -9.8
Old record of -5.0 set in 1955
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Malahat Area (Malahat)
Preliminary new record of -3.2
Old record of -2.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1986

Merritt Area (Merritt)
Preliminary new record of -16.0
Old record of -15.6 set in 1943
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Nakusp Area (Nakusp CS)
Preliminary new record of -12.6
Old record of -8.3 set in 1923
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Penticton Area (Penticton A)
Preliminary new record of -7.0
Old record of -6.7 set in 1930
Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Sechelt Area (Sechelt AUT)
Preliminary new record of -4.2
Old record of -1.1 set in 1956
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Smithers Area (Smithers Airport Auto)
Preliminary new record of -17.7
Old record of -17.2 set in 1943
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

Sparwood Area (Sparwood CS)
Preliminary new record of -22.0
Old record of -18.2 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1969

Summerland Area (Summerland CS)
Preliminary new record of -8.5
Old record of -7.8 set in 1955
Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Tatlayoko Lake Area (Tatlayoko Lake RCS)
Preliminary new record of -21.3
Old record of -21.0 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1930

Yoho (National Park) Area (Yoho Park)
Preliminary new record of -29.3
Old record of -24.8 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

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.

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

[Canada Goose]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 2:26 p.m. PDT Monday 16 March 2020.

Discussion.

A modified arctic airmass continues to envelop British Columbia
resulting in several broken temperature minimum records this
morning, 16th March 2020.

The following is a summary of record minimum temperature information
received by Environment & Climate Change Canada as of 2 p.m. PDT,
16th March 2020.

Summary of record minimum temperatures in degrees celsius:

Bella Bella
New record of -5.3
Old record of -4.4 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Blue River
New record of -21.7
Old record of -19.6 set in 1993
Records in this area have been kept since 1946

Campbell River Area
New record of -7.5
Old record of -6.0 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1958

Clinton Area
New record of -20.2
Old record of -16.8 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1973

Hope Slide
New record of -12.0
Old record of -8.0 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1967

Port Hardy Area
New record of -4.8
Old record of -2.7 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Powell River Area
New record of -5.0
Old record of -2.8 set in 1955
Records in this area have been kept since 1924

Sechelt Area
New record of -3.4
Old record of -2.5 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Victoria Airport
New record of -2.8
Old record of -2.2 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

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

[Canada Goose]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 12:53 p.m. PDT Friday 3 April 2020.

Discussion.

A few daily low temperature records were set today (April 3rd)

Chetwynd Area
New Record -26
Old Record -24 set in 2007
Records began in 1970

Dawson Creek Area
New Record -30.2
Old Record -26.8 set in 2002
Records began in 1926

Mackenzie Area
New Record -21.8
Old Record -20.6 set in 2007
Records began in 1971

Smithers Area
Tied Record of -13.9 set in 2002
Records began in 1938

[Canada Goose]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 8:31 a.m. PDT Monday 13 April 2020.

Discussion.

The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record
yesterday, April 12 2020:

Bella Bella Area
New record of -3.1
Old record of -2.8 set in 1981
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Blue River Area
New record of -11.4
Old record of -10.1 set in 2001
Records in this area have been kept since 1946

Campbell River Area
New record of -4.6
Old record of -3.3 set in 1966
Records in this area have been kept since 1958

Castlegar Area
New Record of -6.0
Old record of -5.4 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1916

Cranbrook Area
New record of -9.5
Old record of -8.3 set in 1928
Records in this area have been kept since 1901

Golden Area
New record of -8.5
Old record of -7.8 set in 1931
Records in this area have been kept since 1902

Hope Slide Area
New Record -5.0
Old record of -4.5 set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1967

Lytton Area
New record of -3.3
Old record of -2.2 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Merritt Area
New record of -9.6
Old record of -9.4 set in 1919
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Nakusp Area
New record of -4.8
Old record of -3.9 set in 1919
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Port Hardy Area
New record of -2.6
Old record of -1.7 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Trail Area
New record of -3.8
Old record of -3.5 set in 1983
Records in this area have been kept since 1928

Vernon Area
New record of -4.5
Old record of -4.4 set in 1968
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Yoho (National Park) Area
New record of -16.9
Old record of -15.0 set in 1981
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

[Canada Goose]

Weather summary
for British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada
at 11:43 a.m. PDT Thursday 16 April 2020.

Discussion.

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

1. Summary of Temperatures in Celsius for Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Bella Coola Area (Bella Coola Airport)
Tied record of 22.8 set in 1947
Records in this area have been kept since 1895

Comox Area (Comox A)
New record of 20.4
Old record of 19.4 set in 1926
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

Sechelt Area (Sechelt AUT)
New record of 18.8
Old record of 17.0 set in 1990
Records in this area have been kept since 1956