By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Dry, warm March caps lengthy stretch of extreme weather

Apr 1, 2019 | 1:41 PM

NANAIMO — Six weeks of wild weather saw a bitterly cold February transition into one of the driest months of March ever.

Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan said just 20 mm of precipitation fell at Nanaimo Airport in March, way off the usual 113 mm.

“We didn’t get much precipitation at all, some locations were below 10 per cent (of normal). Nanaimo was the sixth driest on record,” Castellan said.

A dry and warm March locally featured several daily temperature records and followed the sixth coldest February.

Castellan said a rare, lengthy early year ridge of high pressure last month shielded much of British Columbia from storms.

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Castellan said Comox Airport reported just 4.6 mm of rain in March, while Fort St. John registered under a half millimetre.

“When it’s that stable of a pattern it’s not that surprising.”

While sun worshipers won’t like it, Castellan said a much needed significant stretch of wet weather is slated to settle into the mid-island region beginning Tuesday.

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