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By Dylana Kneeshaw

FEW APRIL SHOWERS, FEW MAY FLOWERS

Kamloops area saw below average precipitation and temperatures for month of April

May 4, 2022 | 4:02 PM

KAMLOOPS — If you thought the month of April felt cooler than normal, you are correct. Monthly data collected by Environment Canada shows Kamloops experienced a colder than average April and the region also had far less rainfall.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Armel Castellan says April was the 11th-coolest month on record for Kamloops. And the area only saw 3mm of precipitation, compared to the average amount of 14 mm.

“Of course, there were days in the middle of the month when you had record minimum temperatures,” says Castellan. “Minus 4.5C and minus 5.5C on the 11th and the 16th (of April). Those probably stand out as being pretty cool individual days as well.”

Castellan notes the monitoring station at the Kamloops Airport did record 0.6cm of snow on April 9, which is rare. According to Castellan, only 30 April days since 1890 have recorded snow.

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May is starting off with cooler temperatures, but warmer weather is on the way. Meteorologists are hoping the warming period will be gradual, to limit how rapidly the high elevation snow melts away.

“The worst case scenario (would be) if that warm-up finishes off with a big wet pulse. Like we saw in Grand Forks in 2018, for instance.” he notes. “Those are the kind of events where we’re looking out and communicating with the River Forecast Centre at the provincial level as well as Emergency Management BC and all of the communities so that they’re aware how imminent a situation like that might transpire.”