Chilliwack – From Roger Pannett at Environment Canada: While no temperature or rainfall records occurred in March, at months end it was disturbing to see, on the BC Wildfire Dashboard website, 31 active wildfires in the Province all human ignited. An early start to the BC Wildfire season.
A fire by Ruby Creek/Sasquatch Park is now contained but that fire was, on Saturday April 1, was considered out of control fro a few hours.
The 2023 precipitation total to date is 301. mm mm on 52 days compared to the average of 634.6 mm on 54 days.
Data recorded by Roger Pannett, Volunteer Weather Observer for Environment Canada at Chilliwack, B.C.