Editor:
Your June 28 article, “SCRD eyes short-term fixes to water supply as drought looms,” begins: “Drier and hotter than normal weather is expected to stretch into summer …” Actually, no. Not “hotter than normal.” Seems to me that this year we are cooler than normal. Better fact-check.
According to Environment Canada, January in Vancouver was 0.5 degree warmer than the long-term average. February was 4.6 degrees colder than normal. March: colder by one degree. April: dead-on average. May: 1.2 degrees warmer. June: 0.5 degree above the long-term average. Averaging those averages, we’re cooler by 0.5 degree so far this year. Let’s call it an average year.
Of course, drought is an issue, and our dry spell may indeed “stretch into summer.” But, for the record, you are fanning false flames where temperatures are concerned.
PJ Reece, Gibsons Landing
