Ucluelet shattered its rainfall records last month.
November was the wettest month ever recorded in Ucluelet with 1,100.2 millimetres of rain pouring down.
That amount easily shot past the areaB次元官网网址檚 previous record for November, which had been 825.5 millimetres in 1962 and bested the previous record for any month, which had been 1,019.5 millimetres in January 2005.
Neighbouring Tofino received a milder, but still impressive 860 millimetres of rain in November, according to Environment Canada,
UclueletB次元官网网址檚 rainfall readings are accredited to Ucluelet Kennedy Camp, but are actually recorded by Terry Smith at a station set up at his Port Albion residence near Ucluelet.
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Smith, 78, moved to Ucluelet in 1946 and has been tracking local rainfall since 1972.
He said rainfall recordings began at the MacMillan Bloedel Kennedy Lake logging camp, but around the mid-1970B次元官网网址檚 the campB次元官网网址檚 staff housing was nixed, leading to the rainfall recording station to be moved to SmithB次元官网网址檚 residence.
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He said he voluntarily records rainfall every morning and every evening and relays the numbers to Environment Canada.
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December is off to a wet start already with 196 millimetres recorded in Tofino and 157 millimetres recorded in Ucluelet between 1 a.m Tuesday and 10 p.m. Wednesday, according to Environment Canada.
Smith noted the most rainfall ever recorded in Canada over a 24-hour period happened near Ucluelet as 489.2 millimetres landed on Brynnor Mines on Oct. 6, 1967.
andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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