The Cariboo had an overall average March for temperatures, with a lack of precipitation.
It was a chilly start to the month, as overnight lows reached the minus 20’s, with the middle of March seeing daytime highs of plus 20’s.
Even with the extreme shift in temperatures, Meteorologist, Lisa Erven says the average temperature wasn’t out of the ordinary.
“When you add up all the numbers, including those very low temperatures and very warm temperatures, for the month of March, we actually came out right on normal.”
As for precipitation, Erven says records were nearly set with how dry the month had been.
She says Quesnel only saw 2.4 millimeteres of rain, which is under 10% of the monthly normal, making it the third driest March on record.
Williams Lake had only 5.5 millimeteres of rain, equating to 30% of the monthly normal, and is the second driest March on record.
She notes that March and April are typically drier months, with May and June being the opposite.
There is a chance some precipitation as we head into next week as some weather systems are set to move across the province, and could be a mixture of both rain and snow.
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