Mother Nature is expected to deliver a sunny summer to Okanagan residents who are still wading through one of the soggier springs in recent history, says a meteorologist from the Weather Network.

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All the anticipated warmth will mark a departure from spring. The daytime high temperature average from March to May is usually 15 C, and this year害羞草研究所檚 spring average was a couple degrees cooler.

There was also more rain and, in the higher elevations, snow, said Wenckstern.

害羞草研究所淚n Kelowna you see about 80 to 100 mm of rain, but for this year there was 120 mm of rain,害羞草研究所� she said.

While the volume of water is currently causing trouble, the silver lining is that the drought issues from years past aren害羞草研究所檛 likely to return this summer.

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害羞草研究所淲e had such a profound period of heat that it seemed like the new normal for B.C. was just dry and hot,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淏ut obviously people get used to that.害羞草研究所�

When it shifts, she said, the natural question is 害羞草研究所渨hat now?害羞草研究所�

And that is something nobody can really say with precision.