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Weather Information: The variables of topography in the Nechako Valley can cause wild climate variances. For example, the number of frost free days indicated by farmers for their area is consistently over 120 days, while others indicate closer to the 105 days frost free, which is noted as the mean in Environment Canada data.
Precipitation: Though there is an increasing number of acres coming under sprinkle irrigation systems, the majority of crops rely on the natural rainfall and snowmelt water tables. Total precipitation usually provides sufficient water to meet cropping needs in the Nechako area, but as the chart below indicates, there are some years when annual totals were significantly less than usual. More important than totals, of course, is timing of precipitation to meet cropping needs. With the increase in irrigation, there is more assurance for successful crops and a greater degree of predictability regardless of natural precipitation patterns. The following graph demonstrates the variability of total precipitation, over the 12-year period.
When charts for 1996, 1982 and 1992 are put together they illustrate even more graphically the variability that can be expected in the weather. The following chart illustrates the similarities in rainfall patterns and also the high degree of variability. 1996 was a comparatively wet year, 1982 was comparatively dry and 1992 was comparatively normal. (Values shown in millimetres)
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