 Drier air began to influence the coast with sunny breaks and isolated flurries beginning on the evening of the 27th and ending on the morning of the 29th.On the 30th, about 25 cm (8-10 inches) of snow was recorded to be on the ground at Vancouver International Airport.In some areas of the lower mainlands hills/higher elevations such as West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Burnaby Mountain and Maple Ridge the snow started earlier (some snow recorded as early as the 24th) and ended later (some snow recorded as late as the 4th of December) so the snow lasted much longer than the rest of the lower mainland as temperatures got very close to -17 °C (0 °F).