By Cheryl Jahn

Rainy weather coming to an end but it will not help wildfire situation

Jul 3, 2024 | 3:12 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Compared to last year, this spring was considerably wetter.

“So yeah, Prince George was a bit wetter compared to last year,” says Ken Dosanjh with Environment Canada. “So, 122.9 percent of its normal total precipitation for June. To put that into context, Prince George saw around 80 millimeters of precipitation. If you want to compare it to last year, last year was a much different story, whereas a lot wetter or a lot drier and warmer were last June Prince George top 59 percent to 60 percent of its total.”

The words on everyone’s lips earlier this spring? We need the rain to keep the forest fires in check. Despite being about average for rain this spring, it may not achieve what everyone had hoped it would.

Foodie Friday

Foodie Friday returns to Canada Games Plaza

12h ago

Community Gardens take root in the community

13h ago

Spruce City Wildlife Association needs volunteers

14h ago

“Any amount of precipitation we do see is great to take the edge off the fire activity,” says Pedro Roldan-Delgado Fire Information Officer with the Prince George Fire Centre.”

Unfortunately, he says there would need to be twice the amount that has come down to get back to normal ground water saturation. The Prince George Fire Centre covers an area ten times the size of Vancouver Island, totalling an area of 33.6 million hectares. There are very different fire dynamics throughout the fire centre.

There has already been one wildfire of note was the Parker Lake near Fort Nelson.