When it comes to the weather, last month was nearly one for the record books - just not any record to write home about.
According to Environment Canada, and as anyone who was looking for summer weather in Prince George would know, it was not a typical July. The handful warm days were few and far between, with only eight days where the daytime high reached 20 degrees or higher. Typically, there would be 20 days of the warmer weather.
In their preliminary report, based on Prince George Airport Data, the weather agency reported a mean temperature of 13.6 degrees, due to the low daytime highs. The normal mean temperature is 15.5 degrees. The month's warmest day came on July 17, with a high of 22.8 degrees.
This resulted in the second coolest July on record, tied with 1947, and just shy of 1954's mean temperature record of 13.2 degrees.
If the cooler temperatures weren't bad enough, July also had plenty of rain on offer. The skies opened up 23 days out of the month, nine days more than normal.
July 8 saw the most precipitation, with 23.7 mm of rain falling.
Though rainfall amounts can vary over a short distance in the summer months, the rainfall measured at the airport still clocked in 112.3 mm for the entire month. This was 176 per cent more than the average of 63.5 mm and made it the fourth wettest July since 1942. The current record is held by 1982, when 131.2 mm fell in July. Total precipitation of the year to date is 345.7 mm, 102 per cent of the normal 338.4 mm.
