Warm ending to 2024 in Kamloops and the Okanagan

An unusually warm fall and very green Christmas with some flowers blooming is going to continue through New Year’s Day in Kamloops and the Okanagan. Temperatures are forecast to reach 7 Celsius in Kamloops today, Dec. 29 then slowly drop to 4 C on Monday (New Year’s Day),...

Warm ending to 2024 in Kamloops and the Okanagan
An unusually warm fall and very green Christmas with some flowers blooming is going to continue through New Year’s Day in Kamloops and the Okanagan. Temperatures are forecast to reach 7 Celsius in Kamloops today, Dec. 29 then slowly drop to 4 C on Monday (New Year’s Day), according to Environment Canada’s online forecast. Overnight lows are expected to be above freezing through the weekend. Normal high temperatures for this time of year are about -1 C with overnight lows of -7.5 C. Vernon and Kelowna are expected to reach 5 C today, dropping to 2 C on New Year’s Day with overnight lows hovering around freezing. Penticton’s highs are forecast to reach 7 C today and tomorrow before dropping lower on the weekend. READ MORE: Summer flowers are blooming again in Kamloops and the Okanagan https://infotel.ca/inhome/summer-flowers-are-blooming-again-in-kamloops-and-the-okanagan/it102375 The only possibility of precipitation in the forecast for the next seven days is a 30% chance of rain showers or ice pellets in the Okanagan late Saturday morning and early Saturday afternoon. Next week’s forecast is for daytime highs to only reach -1 C to -2 C by Wednesday and Thursday with overnight lows down to -5 C. To contact a reporter for this story, email Rob Munro mailto:rmunro@infonews.ca  or call 250-808-0143 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit http://tips@infonews.ca photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .