November Rain

November + Vancouver = Rain

If you're looking for the bleakest, gloomiest, rainiest time to be in Vancouver, drop by for a visit in November. The stats don't lie!



Source: http://www.citystats.ca/city/British-Columbia/Vancouver.html#climate


While we've been having cold temperatures, rain, and overcast skies for the last few days now, this upcoming week is supposed to be particularly brutal in terms of wind and rainfall. Just talking to my Mom on the phone, she said the news is forecasting more rain this week than we've had in the entire month. And when November's the rainiest month out of the entire year, you know it's serious.

Here's the forecast according to Environment Canada:

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html

Note the "rainfall warning" and "wind warning" - a clue that the weather's expected to be pretty hairy this week!