{"id":939082,"date":"2026-10-19T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939082\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:06:17","slug":"vancouver-and-victoria-on-track-for-driest-october-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939082\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver and Victoria on track for driest October on record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver and Victoria are poised to break records this October, with both cities experiencing exceptional dryness.<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS: Canada, where did all the fall storms go?<\/a><\/p>\n

As of October 18, Vancouver has accumulated just 9.5 mm of rainfall, only 8 percent of its monthly average of 123.9 mm. Victoria has seen an even more pronounced deficit, with just 2.6 mm of rain, a mere 3 percent of its usual 96.1 mm for October.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

For the year overall, Victoria has received just 349.1 mm of rain, or 57 percent of its average precipitation from January to October, highlighting the persistence of this dry trend.<\/p>\n

A ridge of high pressure over the northeastern Pacific is creating a blocking pattern, steering the usual fall storm systems towards Alaska and the Yukon<\/a>. This has led to a significant precipitation shortfall of 100-150 mm for B.C.\u2019s south coast this October.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

While isolated showers are possible Friday and Saturday due to a weak cold front, significant rainfall is unlikely before early next week.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Record fall warmth sends the mercury climbing in B.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

Long-range computer models hint at a potentially strong low pressure system developing offshore, which may bring widespread rain.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

Confidence remains low, but it could signal the next opportunity for beneficial precipitation.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Could this be Canada\u2019s warmest winter on record?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver and Victoria are poised to break records this October, with both cities experiencing exceptional dryness. DON’T MISS:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[903,49,48,6091,11696,55],"class_list":["post-939082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-drought","tag-rain","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}