Snowpack remains significantly low in the Okanagan and B.C.
Snowpack levels in the Okanagan — and the province — remain extremely low.
The B.C. River Forecast Centre said, as of May 1, the snowpack in the Okanagan was 60 per cent of normal, and the provincial snowpack average was 66 per cent of normal.
The local basin’s snowpack was down from the 73 per cent on April 1.
Though the provincial level had increased from 63 per cent the month prior, the rate this month was down significantly from the 91 per cent rate in May of 2023.