November Rain Smashes Records at Several Stations

November rainfall records smashed at multiple locations!

The final tallies are in and show what many of us already know: November was a very rainy month for many locations across the Island portion of the Province. According to the Environment and Climate Change Canada Weather Office in Gander, five locations set new all-time rainfall records for the month. Bonavista recorded 347.5 mm of rain, almost double the previous record of 183.9 mm set in November 2007. The period of records in this location is…

November Rain Smashes Records at Several Stations

Several weather monitoring stations in eastern and southern Newfoundland broke records in November, making it one of the soggiest months ever. St. John’s waded through 322.2 mm of rain in November, breaking the old mark of 319.8 in 1955. The capital tied for the second-most consecutive days of the month with some rainfall at 20. Four other centres established new soggy marks as well. Bonavista got 317.5 mm of rain, the highest monthly total f…