Hot and wet are the two best words to summarize July in Prince George.
According to Environment Canada, the average temperature came out to 17.3 degrees – one and a half degrees warmer than normal – PG also saw 93.3 millimetres of rain – well above the seasonal mark of 62.1.
Meteorologist, Matt Loney told MyPGNow.com the lengthy heat wave that resulted in several temperature records being broken, helped set the pace.
“Certainly, that was a fairly long-lived event and left its imprint for sure on the temperature records this month. We had heat warnings out for a large part of the province.”
Ten days ago (July 21st), the northern capital smashed the daily high mark after reaching 34 degrees, surpassing the previous benchmark of 33.5 set in 2006 – PG was among 24 communities province-wide to set a new temperature mark for July 21st.
On July 9th, Prince George was one of 43 places in BC to set a new temperature record after hitting a high of 33 degrees, breaking the old mark of 32.2 set back in 1926.
In addition, the northern capital has been under two heat warnings this summer.
He added the PG-area is in for a warm and dry August, with temperatures three to five degrees above normal during the BC Day Long Weekend.
Loney stated that trend will hang around for the majority of the month.
“An above-normal trend for much of BC, well above-normal it looks like. As we get into the later half of the month, we might see temperatures be in the mid-to-upper twenties and then the precipitation story looks like a dry central and northern half of the province.”
“Warm and dry looks to be the August forecast,” added Loney.
Something going on in the Prince George area you think people should know about?
Send us a news tip by emailing [email protected].
