Land temperature and hydrological conditions over B.C. in 2024
Date
2025
Authors
Curry, Charles L.
Lang, Kristyn
Dah, Abigail
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Publisher
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Abstract
2024 was the second warmest year since 1940 in B.C., exceeded only by record warm temperatures in 2023. Snowpack increased from well below-normal to below-normal through the early winter, decreasing again to well below-normal by late spring. Compared to 2023 drought conditions were less severe overall; however, basins in the Northeast continued to experience extreme drought. The annual mean temperature in B.C. is increasing and can be distinguished from natural variability over the analyzed period of 1940-2024. Annual precipitation, however, exhibits no significant province-wide trend over that period.
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Keywords
UN SDG 13: Climate Action, #summary report, #PCIC publication, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
Citation
Curry, C. L., Lang, K. T., & Dah, A. (2025). Land temperature and hydrological conditions over B.C. in 2024. In J. L. Boldt, E. Joyce, S. Tucker, S. Gauthier and J. M. Jackson (Eds.), State of the physical, biological and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems in 2024 (pp. 20-24), Fisheries and Oceans Canada.