The Cariboo region saw a little bit of everything temperature wise in May.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Lisa Erven said we started and ended the month with a decent amount of warmth.
“In early May we had daytime temperatures reaching the mid to upper 20’s. Then towards the end of the month Quesnel reached 32 degrees, but in between that, the Cariboo had about a 2 week period where daytime highs were sitting in the mid teens. With all that said, the region’s temperatures for the month of May were normal with the heat balancing out the cooler temperatures.”
When it came to precipitation, Erven said the trend was opposite.
“It was dryer to start under the ridge and the heat then we had a good two week period where there was lots of cloud cover, showers, some heavier downpours in certain areas and that led to either slightly wetter or solidly wetter than normal conditions. For Quesnel, 124 per cent of the normal May precipitation fell, and for Williams Lake 139 per cent of the normal month precipitation.”
A ridge of high pressure is on it’s way to the Cariboo this weekend.
Erven said peak temperatures are coming for Saturday and Sunday getting into the higher 20’s which will be 5 to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year.
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