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The (almost final) numbers are in; November 2017 ties the previous record set in 1953 for the most days with rain. Total rainfall @YVR sits at 192.2mm compared to monthly normal of 188.9mm. So it rained often but close to normal amounts #BCwx #WetCoast pic.twitter.com/cPi4zAJn8i — ECCC Weather British Columbia (@ECCCWeatherBC) November 30, 2017

However, it was the number of days of rain that made the record. MacDonald noted that only three consecutive days at the beginning of the month were dry. Normally, the region only see about 20 days of rain.

MacDonald said November is typically the rainiest month of the year in the region, followed by January and December.

He had some good news though for Vancouverites sick of the rain. It’s cooling down but drying out next week.

“It looks like from Tuesday to Saturday we will get a nice, long stretch of dry weather,” he said.

He said temperatures are expected to dip on Monday with overnight lows of minus two degrees C. But he didn’t think there would be snow because of the lack of precipitation.

“We’ll see some cold, crisp nights so watch out for that frost,” he said. “You’ll need your car scraper but your sunglasses too.”

ticrawford@postmedia.com