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Kelowna's March weather recap: The tale of two halves

Although last month was cooler than seasonal, we ended the month with very mild conditions.

The first 12 days of March 2019 had daytime highs all within four degrees of 0°C, but the final 15 days of last month all had highs in the double digits.

We even experienced the warmest March 20th on record since 1899, beating a 31-year-old record when we peaked 16.3°C on that date last month.

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March is typically the fifth coolest month of the year behind January, February, November and December, with an average daytime high of 10.1°C and an average low of -2.0°C.

These averages are based on data between the years of 1981 to 2010.

Last month the average daytime high was 8.5°C and the average low was -5.3°C.

March 2019 was also very dry having only received 10.0 millimetres of precipitation compared to the seasonal average of 21.6 mm.

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The weather station in Kelowna received precipitation on only 6 days out of the 31 days last month - that means we had 25 days of dry weather!

Looking ahead, the month of April starts off with sunshine but showers return later this week.

Signs point to a change in the pattern with more clouds by Wednesday.

Let’s hope these April showers will help bring the May flowers!



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