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By Dylana Kneeshaw

JANUARY STATS

No dry January here: Kamloops received twice its average precipitation last month

Feb 1, 2024 | 7:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — Throughout the month of January, Kamloops saw plenty of highs and lows with both precipitation and temperature levels.

Environment Canada says it came in unusual disbursements, but January actually saw double the amount of precipitation it normally does.

Meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau says January ended up being wetter than normal. The area typically receives around 21 millimetres of precipitation for the month, and this year the region received 43.5 millimetres of precipitation through a combination of rain and snow.

“The first half of the month was extremely cold. We saw temperature records being set in place for cold temperatures, and we got a fair amount of snow, including in the Kamloops area. And then the second half of the month, of course, we saw things warm up dramatically, much warmer-than-normal temperatures. And so then some of that precipitation that fell actually came as rain.”

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Cold snap lows and spring-like temperature highs actually evened each other out, meaning the monthly temperature average was near normal.

“Definitely an interesting month,” says Charbonneau. “In terms of temperatures when we look at it, it averages out as normal. Of course, that was not at all the experience of living through this month, and a good example for why sometimes averages over the month don’t really tell the real story.”

Aside from whatever famous rodent forecasters are predicting around Groundhog Day, so far, Environment Canada forecasting is pointing to a continuation of mild conditions for the rest of the winter season.