Minimal snow overnight has helped efforts to clear area roads in Nanaimo and Oceanside. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Nanaimo, Oceanside begin to dig out after days of heavy snow

Dec 28, 2021 | 5:45 AM

NANAIMO — A relatively minimal dusting of snow overnight has allowed road clearing crews to get the upper hand on area streets and highways.

Most area of Nanaimo and Oceanside recorded just a couple of centimetres overnight on Monday, Dec. 27, a fraction of what the region has seen either side of Christmas.

Data from the monitoring station at Nanaimo Airport shows 34.2 centimetres of snow fell between Dec. 23-26. Data for Monday, Dec. 27 was unavailable as of publication time.

Compact snow and extensive slippery sections continue to be reported by Drive BC for area highways.

Warnings are in effect for Hwy. 1, 19, 19A, 4 and 4A with travel slow going.

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Warnings of slippery sections and compact snow are on every mid-Island highway. (Drive BC)

Inside city limits in Nanaimo and Oceanside, the pause in active weather allows crews to better plow main roads and essential travel corridors.

Some secondary residential streets also got cleared overnight.

No major snowfall is forecast for the region on Tuesday or Wednesday, with just a chance of flurries both days.

Snowfall however isn’t the only thing garnering attention from meteorologists, with several temperate records also broken in the region on Monday.

Port Alberni’s overnight low of -16.5 for the day beat a 1968 mark of -9.4. Similar records were also set in Powell River, Port Hardy, Gibsons and the Malahat.

No temperature records were threatened at either the Nanaimo or Qualicum Beach monitoring stations.

Despite efforts to clear, many side roads are still covered by a layer of compact snow, making hills especially difficult to navigate. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)

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