Monday was a typical December winter day, gray overcast skies, damp and somewhat cool. However, I must say that our high in Vancouver Monday of 52 degrees was actually above average for the date. Before we go further, let’s see what is considered “normal” this week. Our average high temperature now is a cool 47 degrees and the average low is 35 degrees. Monday’s high of 52 degrees and the low of 42 degrees were both well above average.
The record low temperature for Monday was only 1 degree in 1919 and the record coldest high temperature was 21 degrees, also in 1919. The warmest high for Monday was 64 degrees in 2014 and the record maximum low temperature was 51 degrees in 1924.
That illustrates where we should be and where we could be for the second week in December. I believe we will see highs and lows the remainder of the week above normal with highs in the 50s and lows in the 40s, perhaps upper 30s in colder locations. Rain chances this week are minimal, but we watch Wednesday night and early Thursday as a decaying weather front passes overhead.
We know it has been wet, really wet with 6.44 inches of rain in Vancouver. Our average monthly total for December is 6.01 inches, so it could remain dry the rest of the month and we still end up above average. Because little moisture is on the horizon, it can be much wetter with many months over the years recording more than 10inches, with the wettest receiving over 15 inches.
