Fort St John, BC close to snowfall record

Snowfall nearly four times the October average. 

“With snowfall nearly four times the October average, few populated areas of the province are more aware of the impact of an early winter than this one,” says this article out of Fort St. John, B.C..

“As of yesterday, the October snowfall total was 64 centimeters in a month when the average is 16.5.

“Environment Canada confirms, it is the second highest October total on record, for Fort St. John, exceeded only by the 97.5 in 1957.

“Our region has already established a new precipitation record, with the month-to-date total, through yesterday, up to 128.3 millimeters, nearly five times the October norm of 25.8.”

http://energeticcity.ca/article/news/2012/10/26/fort-st-john-close-snowfall-record

Thanks to Philip in B.C. for this link

“It’s been snowing every day for a week plus another 3-4 days of it in the forecast,” says Philip. “There is still a chance we could break our record for most snow in October.”