B.C. news: February snowfall records broken over the weekend [Video]

SURREY, B.C. –

Environment Canada says several areas in British Columbia broke daily snowfall records this past weekend.

The Abbotsford area saw 19.3 centimetres of snowfall Sunday, shattering the previous Feb. 26 record of 6.6 cm set back in 1956, according to preliminary data from the weather agency. Other records were set in Kamloops and Williams Lake, which recorded 11 and 11.2 cm of snowfall, respectively.

Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan said other areas may have broken records over the weekend as well.

“Ucluelet (saw) up to 32 centimeters, so probably a February record there,” Castellan said.

Total amounts varied around the Lower Mainland with more than 30 cm in Burnaby, the Tri-Cities and Surrey

Parts of the North Shore saw far more than that, with one resident in Lynn Valley reporting 43 cm in their backyard.

“It’s interesting because it is so late in February, where the sun angle is so much …