Grand Forks, BC, Canada
Weather Watch
March 2007
21 March 2007 First full day of Spring! 7.00am minus 1.6C, clear,
20 March 2007 7.00am plus 3.5C, clear, but cloudy
19 March 2007 8.00am plus 3.9C, misty on the hills
18 March 2007 8.00am plus 5.0C, misty on the hills
17 March 2007 7.00am plus 2.0C, mist completely covering the surrounding hills
16 March 2007 7.00am plus 1.3C .. we have a white world again as it snowed in the night covering everything with a thin layer of snow (about 1 cm); by noon all the snow had melted
15 March 2007 8.00am minus 3.0C clear blue skies, bright, sunny ;
14 March 2007 7-30am minus 1.9C; 8am minus 0.3C, clear skies, some cloud and some blue, sunny; 9 am we had a fifteen minute hailstorm followed by a dull day with a high of at least 8C
13 March 2007 7-30am minus 0.7C; 8am minus 0.1C, clear blue skies, sunshining ;
12 March 2007 8am plus 13.2C; clear visibility but very cloudy and very very windy. All the snow has melted overnight and we are once again GREEN! (and brown!); 3pm sunny and windy, plus 17.6C!!
11 March 2007 (We are now in Daylight Saving Time so what is now 8am previously was 7am )8-00am plus 3.4C; 8-30 am 4C raining; 10-30pm plus 13.5C
10 March 2007 7-15am plus 0.4C, clear, but cloudy, sun trying to shine
9 March 2007 7-30am plus 0.9C, bright, clear, blue skies, sunny; a high of at least 10.8C today!
8 March 2007 7-00am plus 0.5C, foggy; sunny morning; cloudy afternoon, a high of at least 8C; 3pm very windy
7 March 2007 7-15am plus 1.0C, mist completely covering hills, ice on the puddles; a high of at least 6C; some rain;
6 March 2007 7-15am plus 2.4C, foggy; fog cleared giving sunshine and some rain later in the day; a high of at least 6C
5 March 2007 7-45am plus 1.9C, raining
4 March 2007 7-15am plus 1.4C, misty on the hills; some rain in the afternoon
3 March 2007 7-00am minus 1.0C, misty over the hills; we had a very very light dusting of snow during the night
2 March 2007 7-15am minus 7.9C, clear over the mountains
1 March 2007 7-15am minus 2.8C,clear, bright, sunny, blue skies
February 2007
Feb 28 2007 7-00am minus 0.6C snowing heavily.. it's a completetly white world again with the drive and trees covered with snow (the rest still had snow from weeks ago!); noon still snowing plus 2.4C
Feb 27 2007 7-00am minus 2.0C, misty on the hills; 9am minus 1.9C snowing; the snow was only light and by ten thirty it haqd practicaly stopped and the sun shone; 8pm plus 0.5C and snowing heavily... already half an inch of snow has fallen this evening
Feb 26 2007 7-00am plus 0.9C, hailing turned to snow later in the morning
Feb 25 2007 7-30am plus 0.4C,misty on the hills; we had a very light fall of snow during the night
Feb 24 2007 8am minus 3.9C cloudy and overcast;10 am snowing; 10-45am plus 0.5C still snowing; the snow amounted to very little during the morning
Feb 23 2007 7-30am minus 0.8C cloudy; 10pm minus 0.5C.. we have had a light dusting of snow during the evening
Feb 22 2007 7-30am minus 1.3C cloudy; 9-30am plus 1.2C snowing lightly
Feb 21 2007 7am minus 5.7C clear but some clouds gathering over southern hills; 9-30 am minus 1.3C, sunny with blue skies and some cloud... the fields which have about 6 inches to 8 inches of snow still on them, are solid, meaning when you walk on them you don't sink at all but just walk over the top!
Feb 20 2007 7am plus 2.0C clear; noon plus 7C
Feb 19 2007 8am minus 2.5C clear; 11 am plus 1C and snowing
Feb 18 2007 8am minus 0.2C foggy
Feb 17 2007 7am minus 1.0C foggy;7-30am minus 1.2C, very foggy; sunny later in the day
Feb 16 2007 7-30am minus 2.8C, very foggy; once the fog lifted we had a lovely sunny day with a high of about 3C (I notice the channel on the TV that gives programme choices and also the weather stated a high of 6C but we at the farm never reached that.. we seem to always be lower in the winter than what the channel says)
Feb 15 2007 7-30am plus 0.8C low cloud and mist everywhere; 8-45am 1C and snowing ;late afternoon snow turned to light rain
Feb 14 2007 7-30am plus 1.1C ,ice on the puddles and low mist and clouds on surrounding hills; 2-30pm plus 3.4C and snowing; 9-30pm plus 1Cand still snowing!
Feb 13 2007 8am plus 2.0C; the mist that wason the hills earlier has lifted now and is only on the tips of the hills; some sunshine later
Feb 12 2007 7-30am plus 1.1C foggy
Feb 11 2007 8am plus 1.1C low cloud and mist on surrounding hills; we have had a dusting of snow during the night though at 8 am it appears to be raining lightly; 1-15pm plus 2.2C, snowing now
Feb 10 2007 8am plus 1.9C low cloud and mist on surrounding hills; high of 5C today
Feb 9 2007 8am plus 1.5C low cloud and mist on surrounding hills
Feb 8 2007 8am plus 1.6C foggy
Feb 7 2007 8am plus 1.6C no sign of surrounding hills as they are covered in mist; a high of at least plus 4.5C today
Feb 6 2007 7-30am plus 0.4C low clouds and mist on surrounding hills; a high of plus 4C today
Feb 5 2007 7-30am minus 1.5C low clouds and mist on surrounding hills;
Feb 4 2007 8am minus 3.5C low clouds on surrounding hills; noon minus 1.5 hailing now, almost a rain, more like sleet, but some snow flakes earlier
Feb 3 2007 7-30am minus 8.6C lowclouds on surrounding hills; a few snowflakes in the morning, but not enough to really notice!
Feb 2 2007 7am am minus 15.4C clear; 2-30pm minus 5.4C clear, bright and sunny
Feb 1 2007 8am am minus 14.4C; 10-30pm minus 10.4C and bright and sunny
January 2007
Summary for Jan 2007:
Looking at the temperatures that I recorded by 8 am every morning we had:
1 day with zero C temperature
3 days in the plus C temperatures27 days with minus C temperaures
Overall we had 8 days where I recorded sunny days
and 13 days where I recorded that it was snowing
The highest temperature I recorded was plus 3.4 C
and the lowest temperature I recorded was minus 20.5 C
There has been snow lying on the ground for all of the month of January
Jan 31 2007 8am am minus 9.4C,low cloud and mist over surrounding hills; 1-30pm minus 4.4 C and sunny with blue skies!
Jan 30 2007 8am am minus 11.0C,low cloud over surrounding hills; bright and sunny all day
Jan 29 2007 7-30am am minus 7.5C,low cloud over surrounding hills; two or three hours of light snowfall in the afternoon
Jan 28 2007 8am am minus 12.7C,low cloud over surrounding hills but some blue sky to the north
Jan 27 2007 8am am minus 9.0C,low cloud over surrounding hills
Jan 26 2007 8am am minus 1.7C,low cloud over hills
Jan 25 2007 8am am plus 0.6C,low cloud and mist on surrounding hills; a high of 2C wiht low clouds and mist on surrounding hills all day
Jan 24 2007 7-15am plus 0.4C,low cloud and mist on surrounding hills; a high of 3.4C, with low clouds and mist on the hills all day
Jan 23 2007 7-30am minus 1.4C low cloud all round; we had a fall of snow during the night.. about two to three inches of snow; a high of plus 1.7C today
Jan 22 2007 7-30am minus 3.1C low cloud all round; a high of minus 0.5C/p>
Jan 21 2007 7-30am minus 6.7C low cloud all round; 9am foggy
Jan 20 2007 7-30am minus 5.4C low cloud all around; sunny later with a high of 0C!!
Jan 19 2007 7-30am minus 5.7C snowing; the trees have snow covering them again; the ground has several centimeters on top of what was already there; noon minus 3.1C still snowing! ... we must have had about 6 inches yesterday and today!
Jan 18 2007 7-30am minus8.2C snowing (very fine snow like little diamonds glittering down); 10-30 am minus 5.4C still snowing; 3-30 minus 5.6C still snowing! 4pm stopped snowing!! 8pm snowing again!
Jan 17 2007 7-30am minus 13.9C clear, some blue sky!; noon minus 9.1C .... however the sun is melting the swow ont he roof
Jan 16 2007 7-30am minus 13.8C clear; 10am minus 11C and snowing; a high of minus 8C today
Jan 15 2007 7-15am minus 18.0C clear; 8-30am snowing; noon minus 13.5C sunny
Jan 14 2007 6-30am minus 20.5; 7-40am minus 21.5C clear; 7-55am minus 22.0C clear; 8am minus 21.7C; 12-30 pm minus 15.4C very sunny
Jan 13 2007 6-30am minus 18.1C ... 7-30 minus 17.5 clear; 9am snowing
Jan 12 2007 7-30am minus 18.1C clear; ...1pm 14.4C; 9-30pm minus 18C
Jan 11 2007 7-30am minus 14.0C clear; sunny day; blue skies; 3-30 pm a high of 7.5C
Jan 10 2007 7-30am minus 2.9 clear with some blue sky; a sunny day; 10pm minus 6.9C
Jan 9 2007 7-30am minus 1.9 clear; 9-45pm plus 4.4C; 10pm plus 3.3C; 10.15 pm plus 2.3C and hailing
Jan 8 2007 7-30am minus 4.7 clear
Jan 7 2007 7-30am minus 2.4 clear
Jan 6 2007 7-30am plus 1.3,some low cloud on Northern Hills; 8-30am plus 1.4 snowing, hills shrouded in cloud; 10am plus 0.3Csnow stopped, sunny ; a high of plus 4C today
Jan 5 2007 7-30am minus 9.9C, clear; 10-30am minus 7.5C snowing
Jan 4 2007 7-30am minus 1.2C, low cloud on surrounding hills; 7pm minus 3.4C snowing
Jan 3 2007 7-30am zero C, foggy; 9am snowing; 10-30am plus 1.6C still snowing but now the flakes are big and fluffy!
Jan 2 2007 7-30am minus 4.5C; lightly snowing a wet snow; low cloud all around; 11-45am minus 1.5C, snow stopped about an hour ago; 6-30pm a high of 0.5C
Jan 1 2007 7-30am minus 8.5C; clear; 8-15 am minus 8C low cloud on surrounding hills, snowing lightly; 9-30am snowing heavily; 1pm minus 6.4 still snowing; 2-30pm high of minus 6C, stopped snowing
December 2006
Summary for Dec 2006:
Looking at the temperatures that I recorded by 8 am every morning we had:
2 days with zero C temperature
2 days in the plus C temperatures27 days with minus C temperaures
Overall we had 3 days where I recorded sunny days plus 4 days where I recorded clear days
2 days where I recorded rain
and 10 days/nights where I recorded that it was or had been snowing
The highest temperature I recorded was plus 4 C
and the lowest temperature I recorded was minus 14.5 C
Dec 31 2006 7-15am minus 12.9C; clear
Dec 30 2006 7-30am minus 14.5C; clear
Dec 29 2006 7-30am minus 14.5C; low cloud on surrounding hills
Dec 28 2006 7-30am minus 11C; clear
Dec 27 2006 7-30am minus 0.2C; low cloud on surrounding hills; STILL snowing! We now have about 12 to 14 inches of snow in the fields, less under our big Ponderosa Pines Stopped snowing during the morning; a high of 3C today
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Dec 26 2006 7-30am minus 2.1C; low cloud on surrounding hills; 11am snowing; 2pm minus 0.9C still snowing, no sign of hills as they are shrouded in clouds; 11pm .. minus 0.5C..STILL snowing!
Dec 25 2006 CHRISTMAS DAY 7-30am minus 3C; low cloud on surrounding hills
Dec 24 2006 7-30am minus 7C; low cloud on surrounding hills
Dec 23 2006 8am minus 3C; low cloud especially on Northern Hills, just beginning to snow; .. 11 am still snowing, up to between minus 1C and zero
Dec 22 2006 7-30am minus 4C; low cloud on Southern Hills; We had a light snow fall in the night
Dec 21 2006 8am minus 3C, cloudy; we had a light snowfall in the night; ... a high on 1C today!
Dec 20 2006 8am minus 7C, cloudy
Dec 19 2006 8am minus 9C, low cloud on the surrounding hills
Dec 18 2006 7-30am minus 11C, low cloud on the surrounding hills
Dec 17 2006 8am minus 9C, low cloud on the Southern Hills
Dec 16 2006 7-30am minus 10C, clear
Dec 15 2006 8am 2C, chill wind; we have about three inches of snow on the ground from the snowfall last night; several snow showers during the day
Dec 14 2006 7-30am minus 4C; low cloud on Southern hills; frosty.... 1-30pm snowing and settling
Dec 13 2006 8am zero C; low cloud on hills; we had a snow fall in the night .. the paddocks are white again and the fields still green tinged with white! It is icy underfoot.
Dec 12 2006 7-30am zero C; clear; most of the snow has melted and only little areas have snow in them; puddles have ice on them;... 10am... fog completely covering the hills.. temperature just above zero C;
Dec 11 2006 7-30am 2C, low cloud on the tops of all the hills; a slight chill wind; some of the snow has melted now; pm... rain all afternoon,
Dec 10 2006 7-30am minus 1C, low cloud on the top of the hills; very light snow showers in the morning; very light rain in the afternoon; high of 2C
Dec 9 2006 7-30am minus 2C, no sign of the hills! Low cloud/fog is completely covering them today; a high of zeroC
Dec 8 2006 7-30am minus 3C, low cloud completely covering hills to the south, east and west but only some low cloud on the hills to the north; a high of minus 1C
Dec 7 2006 7-30am minus 5C, low cloud on hill; high of 0C
Dec 6 2006 7-30am minus 5C, low cloud on hill; we had a smattering of snow during the night
Dec 5 2006 7-30am minus 5C, some low cloud on hills, chilly wind; high of 0C
Dec 4 2006 7-30am minus 5C, low cloud on hills. During the night we had just a little smattering of snow. noon.. a high of zero C
Dec 3 2006 8am minus 10C, low cloud on hills, a high of minus 5C
Dec 2 2006 7-30am minus 15C, foggy; beginning to clear on the Canadian Northern hills; mid-day high of 5C sunny
Dec 1 2006 7-30am minus 12C, clear
November 2006
Today's weather:
Nov 30th 7-30am minus 12C, clear; 2pm high of minus 7C
Nov 29th 7-30am minus 20C, 7pm snowing, minus 15C
Nov 28th 7-30am minus 15C, clear;.. 11am sunny, clear, minus 12C, midnight minus 17C
Nov 27th 7-30am minus 3C, low cloud on hills, .. about an inch of snow underfoot; 9-30pm.. minus 12C
Nov 26th 8am minus 3C, about half an inch of snow on the ground, chilly wind,
Nov 25th 8am minus 2C, very frosty,
Nov 24th 7-30am minus 2C, very frosty, clear
Nov 23rd 7-30am 5C,
Nov 22nd 7am 0C, light snow falling; ground covered with snow, mist and low clouds on hills; 11 am... snow mostly thawed, stil very cloudy and misty on hills
Nov 21st 8am 2C, dull and overcast; raining on and off throught the day
Nov 20th 7am 1C, very foggy, no view of hills or even the far paddock! 10-30 am ....fog slowly lifting, sun trying to come out
Nov 19th 8am 2C clear on hills, not frosty ; cloudy, dull; 11am 6C, raining
Nov 18th 7-30am 4C frosty, misty on the hills
Nov 17th 7am minus 5C clear, very heavy frost; north mountains clear, southern mountains misty on the top; 10am zero degrees, still frosty, clear on all surrounding mountains
Nov 16th 8am 6C clear, sunny
Nov 15th 8am 3C low misty clouds on hills, windy;
Nov 14th 7am minus 2C, clear; frost in sheltered places... 9am.. sunny, clear
Nov 13th 7am 2C, cloudy; 9am ... blue skies, sunny
Nov 12th 8am 2C, cloudy; noon 3C still cloudy
Nov 11th 8am zeroC, frosty, low clouds on hills
Nov 10th 7am 2C, chill wind, low cloud on hills; 1pm.. 3C raining;
Nov 9th 7am zero C, white world, snowing, settling; no hills visible; noon..... still zero C, just stopped snowing; 12-30pm... 2C;
Nov 8th 7am zero C, frosty; Foggy; hills not visible; 11.30am .. 3C.. fog gone, hills visible, sunny
Nov 7th 7am 6C, Foggy; hills not visible; 10 am fog mostly gone; noon high of 10 C, clear; pm raining!
Nov 6th 7am 5C, raining; mist and clouds shrouding the surrounding hills; noon still raining; pm drizzling or as we say in Canada.. sprinkling! Evening raining!
Nov 5th 8am 7C, foggy, damp. By 2pm the fog had completely gone and the sky was clear. It was still damp underfoot. Evening.. raining!
Nov 4th 8am 2C, low cloud on hills, snow all gone, damp out.
Nov 3rd 7am zero C, low cloud on hills, snow on ground... 2pm 2C; snow melting fast
Nov 2nd 7am minus 5C, misty on hills... 11 am Snowing! ....noon minus 1C, still snowing, not settling; 8pm snow has settled!
Nov 1st 7am minus 10C clear, frosty ....noon about minus 3C; sunny
October 2006
Oct 31st 7am minus 9C clear,
Oct 30th 7-30am minus 3C clear, NO frost...A high of about 2C today. Going down to minus 7C tonight
Oct 29th 8am 6C low clouds, wet and drizzling...Snow on the top of the Canadian Hills...pm about 4C and very very windy and feels cold
Oct 28th 8am 5C low clouds, hills not visible clearly
Oct 27th 7am 4C Later: A high of 7C
Oct 26th 7am 3C and frosty.A high of 7C .4pm there was a very cold wind that came up
Oct 25 after a colder night I was surprised to see that it was 5C at 7 am and no frost, though it was obvious there had been one earlier. Cloudy, a bit of blue sky.Later: Sunny. A high of 11C
Oct 24.....7am .....minus 3C......frosty, cloudy, the mountains to the east cannot be seen due to the low clouds...1 pm. A high of 4C; raining. 3pm sunny
Oct 23.....7am.......minus 2 C.....frosty, some clouds, clear. A high of about 10C
Oct 22..... 7am......minus 2 C............ Frosty, Clear. A high of about 10C
Oct 21..... 7am..... 0 degrees C..... Frosty, Clear. A high of 14 C