Another drier than normal month for the Cariboo

The Cariboo region was drier than normal for the month of July when it comes to the amount of precipitation that fell.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Justin Shelley said it wasn’t quite as dry as it was for other portions of the Province specifically the Southern Interior.

“For Quesnel it received 48.8 millimetres of precipitation compared to the average of 67.6 making that 72 percent of normal. For the Williams Lake area they received 39.8 millimetres compared to a normal of 57 for a 70 percent of normal for precipitation for July.”

Shelley said temperature wise it was relatively average for the Cariboo region.

“Williams Lake saw an average temperature of 17.1 degrees compared to a normal of 16.2 so that was 0.9 degrees above average. Quesnel was smack dab on average for the month of July at 17.0 degrees and the average is 17.0.”

Shelley noted that after a relatively cool first couple of days this month (August) it does look like things are going to get back to that warm and dry pattern.

“We have an upper level ridge over the Pacific Northwest that’s going to bring in this warmer air mass into the Cariboo region. Looking at the next couple of days specifically Wednesday and Thursday, it looks like those daytime highs could get into the high 20’s maybe even approach 30 degrees. We are still expecting overnight lows to get back down into the double digits, maybe 12, 13 degrees, but it’s looking like a relatively average stretch maybe slightly above average for the rest of the work week.”