‘It was enough to rank it in the top ten:’ rain dominates Nanaimo’s January weather
NANAIMO — It was a soaker of a January on mid Vancouver Island as a continuous series of storms slammed the region.
Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan told NanaimoNewsNOW a whopping 280 millimetres of precipitation fell at Nanaimo Airport throughout the month.
“It was enough to rank it in the top ten for Nanaimo with records going back to 1892 with 149 per cent of normal precipitation.”
A typical January in Nanaimo sees 188 millimetres of precipitation, according to Castellan.