“It was pretty normal month temperature wise in the Cariboo.”
That’s how Environment Canada Meteorologist Brian Proctor summed up the month of July.
“In Quesnel the mean temperature was 17.1 and the normal is 17.0 just a tenth of a degree off. In Williams Lake the mean temperature was also 17.1 and the normal is 16.2.”
With temperatures being on par we asked Proctor how the region fared when it came to precipitation amounts.
“Quesnel reported 52.3 millimetres at the airport and the normal is 67.6 so about 77.4% of normal precipitation fell. In Williams Lake 34.9 and the normal is 57 so about 61.2% of normal.”
For the first full week of August Proctor said the Cariboo will see scattered shower possibilities over the next 2 to 3 days across much of the Chilcotin area, the heaviest precipitation potential will be up in the mountains on the eastern half of the area.
“Looking at temperatures at this time of year they should be about 27 degrees. Those daytime highs will return Sunday when it reaches 27 and Monday 28. But now through Saturday the region will be a little bit cooler returning to normal by the end of the weekend.”
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