Has the weather got you down?
Posted May 29, 2013 8:15 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – What would we talk about in Metro Vancouver if it wasn’t for real estate and the weather? Guess which one people are complaining about the most right now?
After being teased with glorious, hot, sunny weather at the start of the month, many people have had a tough time accepting the typical clouds, rain, and lush coolness of mid-spring that has followed.
“It’s god-awful, depressing,” says Maryanne, sitting under the cover of an awning outside a coffee shop on Broadway. “I was in shorts and flip-flops a few weeks back, now it’s a warm coat and umbrella. Really?”
“Yeah, it’s got me down a little bit. Nothing but Mr. Cloud every day when I get up,” Allan tells News1130. “It’s no fun. I’m expecting to go to the beach, Wreck Beach, and stuff.”
The silver lining is Allan won’t be sunburning his tender bits while enjoying the “view” on Wreck Beach; News1130 Meteorologist Russ Lacate is calling for showers to wrap up the month of May.
“But I think our memories are only good for about 10 days or so,” Russ laughs. “We had gorgeous weather up until the 11th or 12th and so many days with the temperature up over 20. Now, we’re sort of correcting and getting back to normal.”
Lacate notes the month was actually considerably better than average, weather-wise.
“The average high over May is 16.5 degrees Celsius; this year, we are 17.3 degrees over the first 29 days of the month. We typically get 13 days of rain out of 31 days in May; we’ve had 14, so far. And take a look at the total amount in the rain gauge: normal is 68 millimetres and, even counting this week’s miserable weather, the total rainfall for May so far is just shy of 52 millimetres.”
Early June also looks promising, with Russ is predicting a much nicer weather pattern.
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