School-Based Weather Station Network
Greater Victoria

NEW: Ray Watkins Elementary School in Gold River is now online.
It doesn't appear (quite) on the map on the front page of Islandweather.ca (yet).
That will get fixed next week.
Remember: To access data for a particular station visit the station page by clicking on a diamond symbol in the map (above), clicking the active ratio link in the caption of the map or choosing the station from the drop-down list below. Once on the station page look for the "More Data" link to get access to the stored data in different ways.
Here's an example: UVic Ian Stewart Complex More Data.
Victoria Forecast
FPCN11 CWVR 191200 Forecasts for the south coast of British Columbia issued by Environment Canada at 5.00 am pdt Saturday 19 May 2012 for today and Sunday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 11.00 am.
Greater Victoria. Today..Mainly sunny. High 17. UV index 6 or high. Tonight..A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Low 8. Sunday..Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning early in the afternoon. High 14.
Stations in the Network
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UVic Science Building
1861-02-09 Large blocks of ice, pile nearly 15 m high blocked the St. Lawrence river channel at Cornwall, ON, causing the water to rise over the river bank. A house and sawmill were demolished by the moving piles of ice. |
All Stations, One VariableSee plots for a single variable at all of the stations in the network. Summary of Recent ObservationsSee a graphical summary of the latest observations across the entire network. Now storing at least 3 914 865 048 observations.Forest fire danger class rating |
Today (so far)
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Yesterday
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These values include observations from all stations in the network. Low is the smallest value recorded; high is the largest value; average is the average of all values at all times for the day.
Environment Canada provides today's Almanac for the Victoria International Airport.
Contact information
For further information or data inquiries please contact us at weather@ocean.seos.uvic.ca. If you find a problem or have a question about the site please be sure to send the relevant site and page address (the URL from your browser's address bar). Also include a screen capture image if you can so that we can see what you are seeing. If necessary you can reach us by telephone at 250-472-4006 but email will have a much faster response time.