Weather in the Cariboo for the month of February was split.
The first half saw the region in a deep freeze while the latter half was experiencing a thaw.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Derrick Lee explains.
“Quesnel was around 5 degrees colder than normal and the coldest night was minus 29 and the warmest daytime high was 13 degrees so quite a swing from the first half of February the last 2 weeks. For Williams Lake was similar but it ranked as the seventh coldest February on record with the coldest night being minus 25 and the warmest was 11 degrees.”
Precipitation wise Lee said it was drier than normal in the Cariboo.
“Quesnel received 11 millimetres and the normal is 22 ranking as the 17th driest on record. 7.6 millimetres of precipitation was recorded in Williams Lake and the normal is 18.5 making it the sixth driest February on record.”
Looking at the first week of March, Lee said the warming trend should continue with showers and flurries for the evenings and sun in the daytime.
“Towards the latter part of March precipitation and temperatures begin to dwindle. What I’m seeing right now is the possibility of cold air returning from the North. As we move further into the month we’re going to have longer daylight hours so things should be warming up but if we do see a cold snap, I would see overnight temperatures in the minus 10 to 15 range.”
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