Editing Vancouver Island (section)

===Climate===
[[File:Vancouver Gulf Köppen.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|right|260px|[[Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate types]] in Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands]]

The climate of Vancouver Island is the mildest in Canada, with temperatures on the coast even in January being usually above {{cvt|0|C}}. In summer, the warmest days usually have a maximum of {{cvt|28|-|33|C}}. The southeastern part of the island notably has a warm summer (Csb) [[Mediterranean climate]] with numerous [[British Columbia wine|vineyards]].

The [[rain shadow]] effect of the island's mountains, as well as the mountains of [[Washington (state)|Washington's]] [[Olympic Peninsula]], creates wide variation in precipitation. The west coast is considerably wetter than the east coast. Average annual precipitation ranges from {{cvt|6650|mm}} at [[Hucuktlis Lake]] on the west coast (making it the wettest place in North America) to only {{cvt|608|mm}} at Victoria Gonzales, the driest recording station in the provincial capital of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]. Precipitation is heaviest in the autumn and winter. Snow is rare at low altitudes, but is common on the island's mountaintops in winter. Skiing is popular at [[Mount Washington (British Columbia)|Mount Washington]] in the mid-island, with an elevation of {{cvt|1588|m|ft|0}}.

A notable feature of Vancouver Island is the extension of summer dryness to latitudes as high as [[50th parallel north|50&nbsp;°N]]. Only in the extreme north of the island near [[Port Hardy]] is the rainfall of the driest summer month as much as ''one fifth'' that of the wettest months from November to March. West coasts of other continents at similar latitudes have a practically even distribution of rainfall throughout the year.

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