January may have felt warmer, but the mean temperature for the region tells a different story.
The mean temperature in Quesnel was minus 7 degrees, with the average being minus 6.9, Williams Lake was slightly cooler with minus 7.3, normal being minus 6.7.
Meteorologist Dave Wray says January was an interesting month for the Cariboo.
“We did have that fairly significant cold snap, and was definitely warmer than usual.” says Wray.
“Interestingly enough, looking at the mean temperatures, and they’re actually quite close to normal. So, when you take the abnormally cold part in the beginning and average it out with the warmer part in the end, it actually all averages out even though there was a lot of variation.”
Wray added that precipitation was close to normal as well, as Quesnel saw 45 millimetres, normal being 47.8, and Williams Lake had 34.5 millimetres, with the normal at 33.1.
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He says the start of February is more typical as overnight lows in the Cariboo region will range from minus 6 to minus 10, with daytime highs closer to the 0 degree mark.
For this time of year, the average is lows of minus 10 and highs of minus 1.
Wray notes that a cooler air mass could roll in mid week, and would bring over night lows of minus teens along with daytime highs of minus 3 to minus 4.
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