The Weather Doctor's Book Reviews

The BC Weather Book: From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain

by Keith C. Heidorn

The "everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-weather-in-BC-but didn't-know-who-(or were afraid to!) to-ask" book

Don’t like the weather? Move a little further inland, closer to the coast, or to the other side of the mountain. That’s sound advice for any BC resident because the climate of the province is one of the most complex in Canada, often changing dramatically in the space of just a few kilometres. The BC Weather Book: From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain delves into the wonderful and sometimes wacky world of BC weather and climate, which includes some of Canada’s wettest, driest, hottest, and coldest conditions, and everything in between.

Author Keith C. Heidorn takes readers from dripping coastal rainforests to blazing deserts as he explains the fascinating science behind the BC climate and how it affects the nature of life in BC. Featuring up-to-date BC weather facts and statistics and over fifty maps, graphs, and diagrams, this book will delight anyone seeking easy-to-understand explanations of BC weather origins, influences, and phenomena. The BC Weather Book: From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain also tells the BC weather stories that made history and includes archival photographs of these significant events.

Known to internet weather enthusiasts around the globe as “The Weather Doctor,” Keith C. Heidorn, Ph.D., a graduate of the University of Michigan, has spent his life studying weather and climate. In addition to being the creator of The Weather Doctor website, he is a regular contributor to The Weather Notebook radio program. He lives in Victoria, BC.

"Keith Heidorn has taken on the challenge of explaining Canada's most complicated climate. The result is a superb book — lucid, complete and engaging. An added bonus is Heidorn's simple explanations of complicated meteorological processes and principles...Like BC's weather, the book offers something for everyone who lives, works, or plays in BC's weather."
— David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada.

Author Keith Heidorn, known to internet weather enthusiasts around the world as "The Weather Doctor," has spent many years of his life studying weather and climate. He knows his stuff. His book, "The BC Weather Book," explores cool, shimmering rain forests, scorching deserts and a myriad of other weather phenomena. He explains in a most understandable way the enthralling science behind climate studies and he shows how weather affects the nature of living things.
— Strange but True by Bill Sones and Rich Sones, PhD, Connections Weekly