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Cooler than average summer could be on the way for the Bulkley Valley, Lakes District

The Bulkley Valley and Lakes District saw a cold and damp May according to Environment Canada.

The average temperature for the region was 8.2 degrees which is slightly lower than the average for this time of year of 9.4 degrees.

Meteorologist Derek Lee said last month did not stand out as one of the coldest on record.

“In terms of precipitation it was quite trending normally. I would say it actually got around 42.5 millimetres of precipitation and normally we get 38.1 millimetres so, it’s trending to a little over 100%,” he said.

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As of the spring he said that it was the same picture of cold and damp but it was not record breaking.

He added that as for the Summer months temperatures are anticipated to be cooler than average.

Lee also said this week temperatures are six degrees above average but it will be short lived.

“Heading into the rest of June a cold signal still lingers for our area and we might still see below average temperatures and moving into July those cooler temperatures might still linger,” he said.

Lee added it won’t be until August where we could see near normal temperatures.

He also said after next week Lee anticipates a stormy pattern for the region.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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