February turned out to be a balmy month for Prince George according to Environment Canada.
Meteorologist Doug Lundquist spoke with MyPGNow.com.
“We ended up being minus 2.9 degrees, that was our normal temperature for February averaged out. We are usually around minus five so we were a little more than two degrees above average, which in my books is significant.”
Despite a January deep-freeze, Lundquist states the winter season as a whole came out to an average temperature of -5.8 degrees, a full degree above normal.
Meanwhile, the northern capital received only 23 millimetres of precipitation in February, while the normal is around 30.
In addition, Prince George saw 126 millimetres of rain or melted snow between December and February, which is bang-on for what we usually get.
However, a cool spring could be on the horizon for Prince George according to Lundquist.
“I think by the time we see spring breakthrough, we’ll probably be coming out pretty close to normal. The most likely outcome for spring in Prince George is average or slightly below average when it comes to temperature.”
Daily temperatures are expected to remain above the freezing mark for the rest of the workweek ranging between plus one and plus six.