If you're so worried about regional numbers then why do you never utilize or make reference to NOAA's climate database that exists for that exact purpose? You can pull statewide or regional rankings anytime on there. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/ There's plenty of regional data there to go around. Highlighting one specific inconsequential data point as a counterpoint under the guise of it being about "providing a regional context" simply comes across as contrarian oriented cherry-picking, at best. Should be kind of obvious.

I think environment Canada has been cutting back on some of the rural stations. Shawnigan Lake station is likely gone for good.

You’re clearly not up to date on the latest literature.

Shawnigan Lake had official numbers since the early 1910s but unfortunately it stopped reporting in November 2023. Wouldn’t really be fair to compare my own station to Shawnigan Lakes numbers because my back yard historically has run warmer than the official numbers. I mean I could but it would skew even more warm than it has been. I could use Victoria YYJ but it’s surrounded by water on 3 sides so Nanaimo and North Cowichan tend to be more representative of the weather at Shawnigan Lake.

12z Euro AI has 3 separate troughs in succession, though the last is pretty weak. Beyond day 10, ensemble mean continues to point to ridging moving in.