Environment Canada Climatologist David Phillips says the Okanagan is way too dry - but there's a chance this fall and winter will bring some much-needed precipitation.
Phillips says a weak La Nina off the BC coast could bring a repeat of last winter's conditions - cooler temperatures and more snowfall than average.
He says between last October and this spring - there was 25% more precipitation than normal which was a good thing given how extremely dry it was June through September when only 17 mm of rain fell.
"And you add to that the double-whammy of being record dry and also record warm - the number of days above 30 degrees measured 54 - twice of what you would normally get - it's seems Mother Nature has forgotten how to rain in your area," he says.
Phillips says what's interesting is the second driest summer - with just 39 mm of rain - was in the dust bowl year of 1930.
He says the fall has started off with temperatures slightly above normal - but more rain could arrive this weekend.
"I see something perhaps maybe Friday - Saturday, and that would be the Thanksgiving kind of weather you would want," says Phillips. "You want to be thankful for some precipitation, even if it occurs on that particluar weekend, because it is a desperate situation."
September was the third warmest on record in Kelowna, with only 9 mm of rain recorded - the normal amount is 32 mm.