I know there are a lot of places that don’t have white Christmases, but it always seemed inconceivable to me that here, in the middle of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in the interior of British Columbia, we would be experiencing a Christmas without snow on the ground. Unfortunately, with climate change, that is the situation for the second straight year in a row.
The temperature has been above freezing for days. We have gotten rain, and the small covering of snow we had on the ground has slowly melted away. This time of year there should be close to a foot (30 cm) of the white stuff on the ground.
On Monday when we drove to Prince George, I were surprised at how much snow they had gotten. All of the plowed parking areas had mountains of snow piled along their perimeter. All of those times when they got snow, we got a lot of wind, or rain, instead. I guess I should be happy to get any precipitation, even if it is just rain. The Robson Valley is still experiencing a long drought, and every bit of moisture is welcome.
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