Temps 5 degrees above normal
We were sweating through May for a reason – it was the hottest on record.
Environment Canada meteorologist Trevor Smith says the average temperature in Kelowna was 18 degrees last month – 5 degrees above normal – which is the warmest since records were kept in 1969.
He says Vernon and Penticton also posted record heat last month.
"Vernon was 4 degrees above the average temperature for May, and Penticton was 3 degrees above the average. That's really significant for a month to have that kind of departure from normal, so very warm conditions," he says.
Smith says June will begin with more seasonal weather as a series of troughs move into the Okanagan.
"So, showers up in the mountains – probably not a lot of shower activity in the valley bottoms, but temperatures definitely closer to where they should be for this time of year," says Smith. "In the next 7 days, we're looking at highs somwhere in the low 20's, so much closer to where we should be for the start of June."
As for precipitation – Smith says May was the 10th driest in Kelowna with 22 mm of rain compared to an average of 40 mm.
