This CBC news story outlines what most people in BC already know — April and May have sucked, weather-wise.
So far in April and May, the mean high daily temperature has been 9.2 C, which is 3.5 C below normal, while total rainfall of 183.1 millimetres is 120 per cent above normal, [CBC meteorologist] Martin said.
While writing this I heard a sudden clatter outside — hail! Again. I go out and take a picture:
The weird streaks in this image of a tree out back are not photographic artifacts. They are weather. At this time of the year one should not be hearing the weather, one should be feeling it as the warmth gently caresses your skin, rather than assaulting it like God’s BB gun.
I’m sure June will be better, assuming the ice caps don’t melt in the meantime and just flip the switch right over to GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE RIGHT NOW and the joke about Canadians living in igloos becomes a sudden reality.
