ItB次元官网网址檚 looking to be the driest May on record for many B.C. communities
B次元官网网址淧rovince-wide weB次元官网网址檝e been drier than normal just about everywhere,B次元官网网址� said Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Erven on Thursday.
B次元官网网址淢any communities will be setting either the hottest May on record or within the top three.B次元官网网址�
The driest places in B.C. have been in the Lower Mainland.
The weather station at Vancouver International Airport has seen just 1.6 millimetres of rain in May, compared with the monthB次元官网网址檚 65-millimetre average.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 much much drier than normal and on track to set the driest May on record,B次元官网网址� said Erven.
The only two times in the past 80 years where rainfall has fallen below 10 millimetres for the month was in 2015, with 4.2 millimetres and back in 1946, with 8.4.
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B次元官网网址淢any of the communities [in the Lower Mainland] are less than 10 per cent of the usual,B次元官网网址� Erven said.
White Rock saw just 4.8 millimetres, down from an average of 73.2 millimetres. It hasnB次元官网网址檛 rained a drop there since May 11.
Further out east, Abbotsford has seen just 20 per cent of its usual nearly 100 millimetres of precipitation.
Out in the Okanagan, Kelowna and Vernon received just half the rain as usual and mostly all one day; May 9.
B次元官网网址淭he majority of the rain that did end up on one day in particular B次元官网网址� 17-22 millimetres [for most cities] in that one day alone,B次元官网网址� said Erven.
B次元官网网址淰ernon has only seen 23 millimetres over the whole month, and Kelowna saw just 22 millimetres.B次元官网网址�
On Vancouver Island, Nanaimo received just 4.7 millimetres compared to its usual 54, while Victoria saw 8.8 compared to the usual 25.8.
The only places that were wetter than usual were up in the northwest of the province, including Terrace and Prince Rupert.
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