B.C. has lowest snowpack on record, drought a concern: BC River Forecast Centre
VANCOUVER — The April snow survey from the BC River Forecast Centre shows the lowest snowpack on record in British Columbia.
Jonathan Boyd, a hydrologist with the forecast centre, told a news conference Wednesday that the snowpack is 63 per cent of normal, which may mean an increased risk for drought this spring and summer.
There have been other low snow figures since they’ve begun recording the number in 1970, including 1981 at 68 per cent and 2015 with 65 per cent of the normal snowpack.
The latest monthly snow survey released Wednesday includes data from weather stations around the province. The centre said 95 per cent of the seasonal snowpack typically accumulates as of the April survey.