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[Glacier]

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[Glacier]

Oops, I missed two spots (Spokin Lake east of Williams Lake and Vanderhoof). Places that were half a degree short of -40 were Houston and Clinton. Places that weren't even close to -40 include Fort St. John, Smithers, Williams Lake, Yoho National Park, and Victoria.

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[Canada Goose]

Oops, I missed two spots (Spokin Lake east of Williams Lake and Vanderhoof). Places that were half a degree short of -40 were Houston and Clinton. Places that weren't even close to -40 include Fort St. John, Smithers, Williams Lake, Yoho National Park, and Victoria.

[SouthSardiswx]

Victoria, just curious what was Williams Lake and Clinton? how about 100 Mile I've got family in both 100 Mile and Williams Lake, what was there lowest last week.

[Glacier]

Victoria, just curious what was Williams Lake and Clinton? how about 100 Mile I've got family in both 100 Mile and Williams Lake, what was there lowest last week.

It's interesting that there's a station called "108 MILE HOUSE ABEL LAKE" but it's actually on Horse Lake road at 100 Mile.

That place was -43C.

All stations in the Cariboo with data:
CLINTON RCS (at the top of the hill north of Clinton) = -33.3C (massive difference being at the edge of the plateau as opposed to being well on it, similar to the Williams Lake airport)
CLINTON A (private paved airport west and slightly north of the other Clinton station) = -39.5C

Now that brings us to Williams Lake. The airport sits on top of Fox Mountain and bottomed out at -36.4C. You might think that's cold, but anyone further from the Fraser and San Jose-Williams Lake valleys was much, much colder. Spokin Lake is just east of the Williams lake airport, and it was -45.5C

MCLEESE LAKE GRANITE MT that sits on top of a mountain north of Williams Lake (and at 1133m, 100m higher than Spokin lake) was "only" -38.5C.

The Quesnel airport was -41.9C, the coldest temperature recorded in almost 30 years.

CRISS CREEK just north of Kamloops on the Bonaparte Plateau (and the same elevation as the Clinton Airport and Mcleese Lake Granite MT) was -37C.

Also, Clearwater was -35.7C.

Kamloops, Ashcroft, Lillooet, Vernon, and Kelowna were all in the -22 to -23 range. Merritt and Salmon Arm a little colder, and Lytton and Penticton a little warmer.

[Canada Goose]

Also -35.3C in Red Lake.

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MCLEESE LAKE GRANITE MT that sits on top of a mountain north of Williams Lake (and at 1133m, 100m higher than Spokin lake) was "only" -38.5C.

Very bad location...

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[Glacier]

Peak snow depth (based upon 30 year average)

YVR = 1.8 cm on January 5th
YXX (Abbotsford) = 3.1 cm on January 1st
YKA (Kamloops) = 7.6 cm on Jan 5th & 6th
Penicton = 4.0 cm on Jan 2nd and 3rd

[Glacier]

Here is a list of locations that set new all time January weather records. It's truly amazing that places like Williams Lake that have been around for 60 years had their coldest January high on record! Colder even than 1969!

Also, wettest January on record for places like Comox, Pitt Meadows, and Trail...


Bella Coola BC Minimum Dew Point -29.9 °C
Blue River BC Minimum Windchill -46
Burns Lake BC Minimum Temperature -44.1 °C
Burns Lake BC Minimum Dew Point -47.9 °C
Burns Lake BC Precipitation 65.5 mm
Clinton BC Minimum Temperature -39.5 °C
Clinton BC Minimum Windchill -44
Clinton BC Minimum High Temperature -26.8 °C
Clinton BC Minimum Dew Point -42.4 °C
Comox BC Precipitation 374.4 mm
Courtenay BC Precipitation 374.4 mm
Creston BC Precipitation 78.8 mm
Estevan Point BC Minimum Windchill -13
Estevan Point BC Minimum High Temperature -0.3 °C
Gibsons BC Minimum High Temperature -3.7 °C
Gulf Islands (Southern) BC Maximum Wind Gust 170 km/h
Hope Slide BC Precipitation 338 mm
Kamloops BC Rainfall 17 mm
Nakusp BC Precipitation 154.7 mm
Pitt Meadows BC Precipitation 485.9 mm
Port Alberni BC Maximum Wind Gust 65 km/h
Powell River BC Minimum Windchill -14
Prince George BC Minimum Dew Point -47.2 °C
Puntzi Mountain BC Minimum High Temperature -28 °C
Puntzi Mountain BC Minimum Dew Point -54.3 °C
Salmon Arm BC Minimum High Temperature -16.9 °C
Squamish BC Minimum High Temperature -9.4 °C
Tatlayoko Lake BC Minimum Temperature -35.5 °C
Tatlayoko Lake BC Minimum Windchill -45
Tatlayoko Lake BC Minimum High Temperature -25.2 °C
Tatlayoko Lake BC Minimum Dew Point -39.4 °C
Trail BC Precipitation 180 mm
Victoria BC Maximum Dew Point 13.2 °C
Victoria (Hartland) BC Maximum Dew Point 13.2 °C
West Vancouver BC Minimum High Temperature -6.3 °C
Whistler BC Minimum High Temperature -16.5 °C
Williams Lake BC Minimum High Temperature -29.7 °C

[Glacier]

The lowest dew point ever recorded at YVR was -27.2C (Temperature was -16.1C with 38% RH), set 1964-12-16 08:00:00 PST.
The lowest windchill on record at YVR was -28, set on the same day, but at 2 and 3 am.

The lowest dew point ever recorded at YXX was -30.6C (Temperature was -19.4C with 37% RH), set 1968-12-29 03:00:00 PST to 1968-12-29 07:00:00 PST
The lowest windchill on record at YXX was -33, set on Dec 15 & 16, 1964 and Dec 29, 1968.

The lowest dew point ever recorded at YYJ was -22.9C (Temperature was -5.8C with 24% RH), set 1989-02-03 20:00:00 PST
The lowest windchill on record at YYJ was -25, set on 1964-12-16 02:00:00 PST & 1964-12-16 04:00:00 PST

Also, here is another stat using a table...

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[Glacier]

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

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[Glacier]

Highest elevation EC weather stations ever used in BC...

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[Glacier]

Blue River is quite the micro climate. Here are the extreme lows from last month....

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[Glacier]

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[Glacier]

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