Snowfalls on the coast — even though heavy at times — were not enough to tip the scales to normal precipitation levels
B.C.’s January was unusually warm, February was brutally cold and March is threatening to rewrite the record books for drought.
Comox is decidedly droughty with just 4.4 per cent of its normal rainfall, and Victoria just 14.4 per cent. Kelowna had the fourth driest winter season on record with about 59 per cent of normal precipitation. Abbotsford, Penticton and Vernon were also drier than normal, while the northeast was relatively wet.
“That will help bring some moisture in the form of flurries to the north central region and the southeast,” he said. “Early April should bring a more active pattern of rain and sun.” A warm spring could spell trouble for our forests. Four of B.C.’s worst fire seasons have come in the past eight years.
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