Canadian Institute for Climate Studies Custom Products  
In addition to the main products - seasonal predictions of Temperature and Precipitation - the Canadian Institute for Climate Studies also offered custom products for a variety of other parameters (weather elements). A complete list is available to the right.

For those elements of interest, please visit our custom prediction performance page, which includes maps of categorical (above, near and below normal) skill in which those areas with more skill are visually more prominent, as well as tables for prediction performance.

NOTE: custom products are currently issued quarterly only. We are currently working on offering monthly updates to each of these products.

List of Parameters (Weather Elements)

Rain and Precipitation

  • Total Rainfall
  • Greatest one-day Rainfall
  • Greatest one-day Precipitation
  • Number of days with Rainfall above .2 mm
  • Number of days with Rainfall above 5 mm
  • Number of days with Rainfall above 10 mm
  • Number of days with Rainfall above 25 mm
  • Number of days with Precipitation above .2 mm
  • Number of days with Precipitation above 5 mm
  • Number of days with Precipitation above 10 mm
  • Number of days with Precipitation above 25 mm

Snow

  • Total Snowfall
  • Greatest one-day Snowfall
  • Number of days with Snowfall above .2 cm
  • Number of days with Snowfall above 5 cm
  • Number of days with Snowfall above 10 cm
  • Number of days with Snowfall above 25 cm
  • Number of days with Snow Depth above 1 cm
  • Number of days with Snow Depth above 5 cm
  • Number of days with Snow Depth above 10 cm
  • Number of days with Snow Depth above 20 cm
  • Number of days with Snow Depth above 50 cm
  • Number of days with Snow Depth above 100 cm

Temperature

  • Average Temperature
  • Number of days with Frost
  • Average Maximum Temperature
  • Extreme Maximum Temperature
  • Extreme Minimum Temperature
  • Number of days with Minimum Temperature below -2 C
  • Number of days with Minimum Temperature below -10 C
  • "Degree Days" Below 0 C
  • Season Frost Free

Sunshine

  • Total Hours Bright Sunshine
  • Percent Daylight with Bright Sunshine
  • Number of days with any Bright Sunshine
  • Average Daily Hours of Bright Sunshine
  • Greatest one-day Hours of Bright Sunshine

Wind

  • Average Wind Speed
  • Number of days with at least one Hourly Wind Speed below 5 km/h
  • Number of days with at least one Hourly Wind Speed above 10 km/h
  • Number of days with at least one Hourly Wind Speed above 20 km/h
  • Number of days with at least one Hourly Wind Speed above 30 km/h
  • Number of days with at least one Hourly Wind Speed above 40 km/h
  • Number of days with at least one Hourly Wind Speed above 50 km/h

Visibility and Clouds

  • Number of hours with Visibility less than 1 km
  • Number of hours with Visibility 1-9 km
  • Number of hours with Visibility >9 km
  • Number of hours with Cloud Amount 0-2 tenths
  • Number of hours with Cloud Amount 3-7 tenths
  • Number of hours with Cloud Amount 8-10 tenths

Miscellaneous Days With...

  • Days of Freezing Rainfall
  • Number of days with Thunderstorms
  • Number of days with Hail
  • Number of days with Fog
  • Number of days with Haze

Relative Humidity and Soil Temperature

  • Average Relative Humidity
  • Morning Soil Temperature at 5 cm depth
  • Afternoon Soil Temperature at 5 cm depth
  • Morning Soil Temperature at 10 cm depth
  • Afternoon Soil Temperature at 10 cm depth

Degree Days

  • Degree Days Above 24 C
  • Cooling Degree Days (above 18 C)
  • Heating Degree Days (below 18 C)

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University of Victoria
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Victoria, BC   V8W 2Y2
Tel: (250) 721-6236
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Last update on 1 October 1999 by Trevor Murdock