Extremely dry April was driest in 147 years of Chilliwack weather records

Extremely dry April was driest in 147 years of Chilliwack weather records

Chilliwack’s weather observer is calling for all the “tools in the toolbox” to be employed in preparation for the intensified heat, drought and wildfire conditions coming this week, and all summer. The much-needed rain in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday “evaporated,” Pannett stated in his report. “In Chilliwack there was zero rainfall, which was a repeating trend throughout the month April.” Only 0.4 millimetres of rain fell in the past two …