If April showers bring May flowers then the Okanagan better be filled with florals next month.
This month, although isn害羞草研究所檛 quite over, saw 37.7 millimetres of rain fall in the Kelowna area. The average precipitation for the Central Okanagan is 29.1 mm, which makes this month the 12th wettest on record.
Alyssa Charbonneau with Environment Canada says we could still see a few more days of rain in April so that means the record could change.
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In Vernon, 52.7 mm of precipitation fell so far in this month compared to the average rainfall of 29.0 mm for April.
Those living in the Shuswap might not be surprised to learn that 69.7 mm of rain fell since the first of the month compared to the average of 43.6 mm in April. The Shuswap region has recently been plagued with and brought on damp weather.
The rain hasn害羞草研究所檛 just been falling in recent weeks either, as Charbonneau explains, March was the third wettest on record in Kelowna with 38.3 mm of rain. While Vernon saw 52.9 mm of precipitation making this March the fourth wettest on record for the North Okanagan.
害羞草研究所淩ight across the province March was rated in one of the top 10 wettest months on record,害羞草研究所� she says.
As for the hope of May flowers sprouting up in the sunshine, that might be a few more days coming.
害羞草研究所淭here is a ridge of high pressure so we are expecting things to dry out until Saturday afternoon, but then we don害羞草研究所檛 see a nice solid dry ridge coming through. So we are still going to have showery weather going into the beginning of May,害羞草研究所� explains Charbonneau.
No serious storms are forecast for the Okanagan although the Shuswap will see heavier rain over the next few days.
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However as May continues, Charbonneu says so will the seasonal temperatures of highs near 17 C and lows near 5 C.
