Summer 2015 was very dry and hot, with just 35 mm rain during May, June and July combined (normal would be 155 mm for the three months). Fierce wildfires started (Boulder Creek, Elaho and later in Rock Creek, where several houses were lost). The BC wildfire budget was blown early on in the summer.
But at the end of August we got drenched: 65 mm rain in 6 days (19 and 22 mm on August 29 and 31) - and this was at the airport where its usually a lot drier. This rain came with a 'late fall-like' storm that left 50% of the population in the lower mainland without power, some for days.
