Patrick Timm is an area climate specialist. His column seems Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Attain him at ptimmwriter@gmail.com.
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Christmas Day was moist, to say the least. Vancouver tallied 1.16 inches for the day, which was its heaviest one-day rainfall since 1.61 inches fell on Dec. 6, 2023.
On Dec. 5, 2023, 1.40 inches had fallen, making the two-day complete a whopping 3.01 inches.
As of noon Friday, we’re above common for the month. The wettest December on document going again to 1896 in Vancouver was 16.03 inches in 2015.
Showers are on faucet for in the present day, with heavier rain falling tonight by Sunday.
Count on at the very least one other inch of rain added to the month-to-month complete by the top of December. We could have a quick break within the motion Monday, and at this level, New Yr’s Eve could also be completely dry.
January 2025 will begin off moist and proceed to be so for its first week.
Ready for some snow to fall in your yard to play in? I nonetheless don’t see any of it within the lowlands, so a jaunt to the mountains is so as. The snow degree will oscillate with incoming storm fronts, so the lower-elevation mountain passes can be snowy or moist at instances. One of the best snow will fall within the higher ski resorts. Examine street circumstances earlier than you head out, as typical.