Wednesday, May 31, 2023

A strong rainshadow and a dry April

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Victoria is often in the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains, and as a result it generally gets much less rain than surrounding areas.  This...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Winter 2022-23 was colder and drier than normal

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Meteorological winter is from December 1 to February 28.  Winter 2022-23 was colder and drier than normal.   The mean temperature at Victori...
Monday, January 2, 2023

Victoria's weather in 2022

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  After a year of extremes in 2021 (including the hottest temperature on record and the most annual precipitation on record), 2022 was not q...
Friday, December 30, 2022

How much and how often does it snow in Victoria?

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Victoria gets less snow than any other city in Canada.  The 30-year (1991-2020) average annual snowfall for Victoria is 16 cm.  That's s...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Fall 2022: an abrupt shift from warm and dry to cool and wet

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  Meteorological fall is from September 1 to November 30.  Fall in Victoria nearly always transitions from warm and dry in September to cool...
Friday, October 21, 2022

An extraordinary drought

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 Victoria is known for its summer droughts.  It is the driest major city in Canada - by far - during the summer months, with an average of 4...
Sunday, September 18, 2022

Summer 2022 was warmer and slightly wetter than normal

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  Meteorological summer consists of June, July, and August.  Summer 2022 started out wetter than normal, with close to normal temperatures i...