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This is the current conditions weather report for Surrey. The report was made 66 minutes ago, at 07:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 1.9 kilometers per hour / 1 miles per hour from the north (350°). The temperature was 7°C / 45°F, with a dew-point at 7°C / 45°F. The relative humidity was 81%.

Surrey is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia that is within the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), and geographically it is at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of BC. It is the province's second-largest city by population, surpassed only by Vancouver.

Six town centres make up Surrey: Fleetwood, Whalley/City Centre, Guildford, Newton, Cloverdale, and South Surrey.

Every summer, Surrey hosts the Canada Cup International Women's Fastpitch Tournament. It began in 1993 as an international women's fastpitch developmental tournament to help teams prepare for the Olympics by facing top calibre competition.

Every year on April 13, the Sikh community celebrates Vaisakhi. The local Sikh community holds its annual Vaisakhi celebrations in the April long weekend, which often includes a nagar kirtan, or parade, in which over 70,000 people attend.

Once a year the Surrey town centre of Cloverdale hosts the Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds. Beginning in 1888, the event welcomes North America's top cowboys to Canada's third largest rodeo. It has become much more than a rodeo featuring 150 acres of family oriented entertainment including agricultural/horticultural exhibits, a western tradeshow, parade, community stages, and the Pacific Northwest Firefighter Combat Challenge.

Surrey is also home to the Surrey Campus of Simon Fraser University. The Newton town centre of Surrey hosts the main campus of the Kwantlen University College; with an expansion campus currently being built in Cloverdale. Surrey also has five campuses of Surrey College, a certificate- and diploma-granting technical school.

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