
This past December was the warmest in Kamloops in more than 60 years.
Environment Canada says the average temperature for the month was one degree; well above the normal December average temperature of minus-2.7 degrees, and the highest since 1957.
Forecaster Bobby Sehkon says warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures on the west coast are the main reason why.
“With that, many parts of B.C. saw warmer than normal Decembers, and also other fall months as well.”
He adds above-average temperatures will likely be a common trend for next three months.
“Right now it looks like January, February and March will be, on average, warmer than normal… We can’t say by how much, and we’re not discounting any colder weather outbreaks we may have.”
For December, Sehkon adds Kamloops saw 20.2 millimetres of total precipitation, slightly less than the monthly average of 25 mm.