UVic School-Based Weather Station Network

This figure shows current observations at all stations in Victoria.

Temperature at our weather stations (101/128, 5/7). Place your mouse over a station (diamond) to see the current temperature at that location. Other variables can be found on our two-dimensional plot page. See Victoria, Saanich Peninsula, West Shore, Gulf Islands, Greater Victoria. See also: NanaimoWeather.ca, IslandWeather.ca.

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Victoria Forecast

FPCN11 CWVR 071800 Forecasts for the south coast of British Columbia issued by Environment Canada at 11.00 am pdt Tuesday 7 September 2010 for today and Wednesday. The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 4.00 pm.

Greater Victoria. Today..Rain ending this afternoon then cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. High 16. Tonight..Cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this evening. Low 12. Wednesday..Cloudy. Becoming sunny with cloudy periods in the morning. Fog patches in the morning. High 19.

Stations in the Network

Deep Cove Elementary School

Date:	2010/09/07, 13:58
Temperature:	15.6 C L: 11.4 C, H: 15.6 C
Humidity:	88 %
Pressure:	1009 hPa
Insolation:	244 W/m²
UV Index:	2
Rain:	4.6 mm
Wind Speed:	6 km/hr W Max: 25.7 km/hr

Water vapour forms a kind of global "blanket" which helps to keep the earth warm. Heat radiated from the sun-warmed surface of the earth is absorbed and held by the vapour.This makes up a large part of the natural greenhouse effect.

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All Stations, One Variable

See plots for a single variable at all of the stations in the network.

Summary of Recent Observations

See a graphical summary of the latest observations across the entire network.

Now storing at least 2 715 463 961 observations.

Forest fire danger class rating

Today (so far)

2010-09-07	Low	Avg.	High
Temperature (C)	9.9	12.5	20.2
Humidity (%)	23.2	94.4	100.0
Pressure (hPa)	1002	1009	1013
Insolation (W/m²)	0	82	1111
Wind Speed (km/hr)	0.0	1.7	20.3
Wind Gust (km/hr)	0.0	5.2	27.4
Total Rain (mm)	0.00	3.02	9.14

Yesterday

2010-09-06	Low	Avg.	High
Temperature (C)	9.5	11.7	16.1
Humidity (%)	0.0	92.3	100.0
Pressure (hPa)	1005	1014	1021
Insolation (W/m²)	0	41	617
Wind Speed (km/hr)	0.0	3.6	28.9
Wind Gust (km/hr)	0.0	7.6	43.5
Total Rain (mm)	0.00	5.59	14.73

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.

About This Site

The UVic School-Based Weather Station Network is made up of stations mounted on schools in and around Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. We have recently expanded the network to include schools in Lake Cowichan, Qualicum and Parksville (see also www.nanaimoweather.ca). Data collected at each station are gathered in a central database here at UVic. See About the Network for more details and contact information.

We are funded by NSERC PromoScience in partnership with British Columbia School Districts 61 (Victoria), 62 (Sooke), 63 (Saanich), 64 (Gulf Islands), 68 (Nanaimo), 69 (Qualicum), 70 (Alberni), 79 (Cowichan Valley) and AChannel Victoria.