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In North Vancouver, about 20 km (12 mi) away from the Vancouver airport, the amount of rain received doubles to 2,477 mm (97.5 in) per year as measured at the base of Grouse Mountain. [32] Since Vancouver lacks a hot summer, convective storms are uncommon. Thunderstorms are rare, with an average of 6.1 thunderstorm days per year. [33]
Dream city: Vancouver and the global imagination (Douglas & McIntyre, 2010). Bjorkman, Anne D., and Mark Vellend. "Defining historical baselines for conservation: ecological changes since European settlement on Vancouver Island, Canada." Conservation Biology 24.6 (2010): 1559-1568. online; Clayton, Daniel.
Vancouver [a] is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016.
August 8, 1926: The 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane made landfall in Nova Scotia as an extratropical storm, killing 55–58 people. August 24, 1927: The 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane made landfall in Nova Scotia as a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph (169 km/h) winds, causing immense damage, reaching $1.6 million (1927 USD), and killed 172–193 people.
[39] [7] Tofino saw only a quarter of its usual rainfall between July and Oct 21; Vancouver had less than 10% of its usual rainfall; and Victoria, British Columbia recorded only 2 millimetres of rain instead of its normal average of 132 mm. [40] In Prince George, British Columbia, the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers had nearly run ...
In 2013 an Insurance Bureau of Canada commissioned report noted that, "On average, Canada now experiences 20 more days of rain compared with the 1950s." [ 8 ] In the same report McBean noted that "the recent spike in extreme weather-related events" in Canada "resulted in social and economic consequences for individuals, governments, and home ...
According to the publication, The Drop has a "playful relationship with the viewer" and serves as a "big inside joke" for Vancouver residents. [1] This refers to the high amount of rain the city receives; Vancouver is Canada's third most rainy large city, after Abbotsford and Halifax, with over 162 rainy days per year. [5]
Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F), with changes ranging from 1.1 to 2.3 °C (2.0 to 4.1 °F) in various regions, since 1948. [4] The rate of warming has been higher across the North and in the Prairies. [4]