Letter: Olympic mountains keep Victoria drier

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Re: Islanders brace for rainy November (Online, Nov. 3)

The numbers shown for “Victoria” are for the Airport.

In the rainshadow of the Olympic mountains, Victoria proper gets even less rain: 583 mm annually, 96 mm for November, and 129 annual days with rain.

Steven Murray

Victoria


editor@sookenewsmirror.com
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