Bridge Lake Weather Update


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Latitude: N 51° 30' 40.9"       Longitude: W 120° 46' 39.8"       Elevation: 1204m


Weather data recording at this station began on 18 November 2010.
Here are the extremes recorded since then.

Temperature
Highest Temperature32.2 °C   (90.0 °F)at 13:54 on 08 September 2011
Lowest Temperature-38.9 °C   (-38.0 °F)at 05:44 on 18 January 2012
Highest Apparent Temp 1)31.2 °C   (88.2 °F)at 12:32 on 09 September 2011
Lowest Apparent Temp 1)-42.9 °C   (-45.2 °F)at 05:44 on 18 January 2012
Highest Minimum Temp. The lowest recorded temperature on that day. With other words:
it didn't get colder than 15.3 °C on 23 September 2011		15.3 °C   (59.5 °F)at 00:00 on 23 September 2011
Lowest Maximum Temp. The highest recorded temperature on that day. With other words:
it didn't get any wormer than -26.1 °C on 17 January 2012		-26.1 °C   (-15.0 °F)at 12:59 on 17 January 2012
 
Rainfall / Snowfall
Highest Rain Rate How fast rain is falling is classified according to the rate or precipitation.
Very light rain precipitation rate is < 0.25 mm/h
Light rain precipitation rate is between 0.25mm/h and 1.0mm/h
Moderate rain precipitation rate is between 1.0 mm/h and 4.0 mm/h
Heavy rain recipitation rate is between 4.0 mm/h and 16.0 mm/h
Very heavy rain precipitation rate is between 16.0 mm/h and 50 mm/h
Extreme rain precipitation rate is > 50.0 mm/h 		36 mm/h   (1.4 in/h)at 17:16 on 17 June 2011
Highest Hourly Rainfall7.2 mm   (0.3 in)at 13:55 on 12 July 2011
Highest Daily Rainfall23.4 mm   (0.9 in)on 26 April 2012
Highest Monthly Rainfall112.2 mm   (4.4 in)May 2011
 
Highest Daily Snowfall15.0 cm   (5.9 in)at 08:07 on 15 January 2012
Highest Monthly Snowfall47.0 cm   (18.5 in)February 2012
Highest Snow Depth57.0 cm   (22.4 in)at 07:34 on 4 March 2012
 
Wind
Highest Wind Speed Avg27.8 km/h   (17.3 mph)at 13:16 on 12 March 2012
Highest Wind Gust69.8 km/h   (43.4 mph)at 03:22 on 25 September 2011
Highest Wind Run A measurement of how much wind has passed a given point in a period of time. A wind blowing at a constant 3 km/h for two hours would give a wind run of 6 km. The wind run is calculated by noting the average wind speed every minute, and adding in a minute's worth of ‘distance’ corresponding to that speed.352.6 km   (219.1 mi)on 12 March 2012
 
Pressure
Highest Pressure 2)1049.9 hPaat 21:07 on 30 November 2011
Lowest Pressure 2)977.4 hPaat 02:38 on 13 March 2012

Notes:  The weather station in use is a National Geographic™ 265NC, powered by Cumulus v1.9.3 (b1033) weather software.
              Data are updated every 10 minutes. The meteorological day used at this station ends at midnight.

1)   Apparent temperature is the general term for the perceived outdoor temperature, caused by the combined effects of
       air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed.
2)   The atmospheric (barometric) pressure displayed is corrected to sea level. The average sea-level pressure is 1013.25 hPa.