Wetter than usual
The perception is that Osoyoos experienced wetter than normal weather this past June, but do the weather statistics confirm this?
The Weather Network released its 2005 Summer Outlook press release in June, which predicted near normal temperatures and precipitation for most of Canada.
For B.C., the temperature outlook called for above normal in the western half of the province, near normal in the east.rnThe precipitation outlook forecasted near normal across most of the province with small pockets of below normal in south-central B.C. and small pockets of above normal in extreme southeastern B.C.rnBut the weather statistics for Osoyoos this past June clearly show that we experienced a soggier than normal month.
Bob Anderson, the Weather Network's Forecasting Centre Director, said the centre has 30 years of data on Osoyoos, and reported the numbers for the Osoyoos Times.
The average rainfall for June in Osoyoos has been 35.9 mm, and Osoyoos saw 125.2 mm of precipitation this June. That's well above the average, Anderson said. For the month of May, the 30-year average has been 37.4 mm, but this year Osoyoos recorded 50 mm, also above the average. And April was also unusual this year as it was well below the average of 23.4 mm, registering at 10.2 mm of precipitation.rnBut on the upside of all that excess moisture has been the reduction of forest fire activity for the South Okanagan and the rest of British Columbia.
So far, July seems to be on a drying trend, which is good news to vacationers coming to Osoyoos.
In Canada, everyone hopes to enjoy a warm, dry, sunny summer, but unfortunately we can't do anything about the weather, Anderson said.
Except complain about it, of course.
