Regular rain levels fall on Nanaimo thanks to late-October storm surge

He said Nanaimo’s mean temperature for the month was 10.6 degrees Celsius, a bit higher than the regular average of 9.9 degrees.

It was a similar story in the Comox/Campbell River area, who were also on track for one of their driest Octobers on record before the late-month storm made landfall.

Comox received 143.3 millimetres of rain, 114 per cent of their normal total precipitation, while Campbell River managed to get 70 per cent of their regular rainfall with 124.8 millimetres.

Temperature-wise, Comox saw a mean temperature last month of 10.4 degrees, compared to the normal mean of 9.6 degrees, while Campbell River hit a mean temperature of 9.1 degrees in October, a touch above their normal average of 8.7 degrees.

Boily said a cold front is expected to hit Vancouver Island on Wednesday, Nov. 4, sometime in the evening, with rain expected to continue into the weekend.

“The showers are probably more over the higher terrain to the west, but five more millimetres of rain should occur Thursday, and then Thursday evening more showers, more rain overnight. Probably another five millimetres, ending Friday morning, and then Friday night into Saturday, another five to 10. That will probably be the wettest event for this week, and then we could expect also some wind with this one on Friday night.”

He said temperatures are expected to be above average for the next few weeks, bringing average, or a bit above average levels of rain with it.

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by Jordan Davidson

Regular rain levels fall on Nanaimo thanks to late-October storm surge

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