This snow fall in Nanaimo was record-setting , cutting electricity to more than 16,000 customers and causing havoc on roads.

 24 centimetres of snow was measured at the local airport; prior to that the city hadn't seen measurable snow on April 19 since 1947. The previous record for the Nanaimo  was April 12 in 1981 with just 4.9 centimetres.