For a brief moment this morning, the sun was out. For twenty-three straight days, it has rained in Vancouver. I have to seriously say that I haven’t noticed that it’s been raining that much, or that I haven’t seen the sun in that long. This isn’t all that unusual for this area, but I think I had myself psyched up for this before I got here. Everyone would say to me that it rains a lot up here prior to when I moved out here. I think this just goes to prove it.
Now last I heard, we were somewhere around two hundred millimeters of rain. I’m not exactly used to this whole metric system, so that’s why I rely on my various widgets that I run on my computer to do the calculations into imperial units for me. It’s much more simple that way, but I’m left hanging when I’m away from my laptop. But that’s ok. I’m getting used to it.
Anyway, 200 millimeters is 7.87 inches, rounded to the nearest hundredth. The sun didn’t stay out very long this morning. And the rain is kicking up again soon, so the streak will continue. The longest, consecutive amount of days with rain is twenty eight. That was set back in the 1950’s. We’re also reaching the same amount of rain that fell last year that caused mudslides over in North Vancouver. The major difference this year is that it’s cold enough to have snowfall on the mountains. There was no ski season last year, so with hope, the coolness will keep the ground compacted enough, but that’s what happens when you build on the side of a mountain.
I’m still craving summer time though. I go running past beaches nearly every single day with the smell of sea water all around me. It’s hard to not crave some warmth and sun.