An average three months of winter from December to February in Kamloops according to an Environment Canada meteorologist.

Doug Lundquist says the average temperature was about one degree above average, at -0.9 C instead of the usual -1.8 C.

“The cold spell we got in January was at the dead of winter, and so because of that, it felt colder than perhaps we’ve seen in perhaps the last several years,” he said. “But look, we’ve ended up with winter being one degree above average.”

“Even though there were a few records in the Central Interior, it wasn’t really that extra ordinary in the bigger sense.”

As for precipitation, Lundquist says winter in Kamloops saw 59 mm, instead of the average 60 mm over the three months. And he says while winter in the valley is over, its still winter conditions on higher terrain until at least the end of April.

“And it’s typically Murphy’s Law, that happens right after they clean the sand off the roads and they have to throw a little more down,” Lundquist said. “We’re not out of the woods for some snow yet, and over the higher terrain, winter by all means is still in full force.”

“That’s going to go on for a few more months.”

Lundquist says while people tend to associate the first day of spring with the equinox that happens around March 20, from a meteorological perspective, spring officially gets underway on March 1.