A ridge of high pressure brought unseasonably warm temperatures to much of southern B.C. this week, leading to a number of hot weather records being broken.
According to Environment Canada, the following records were broken Wednesday in B.C. cities:
Blue River – New record 29.5 C, breaking the 1958 record of 27.8 C
Chetwynd – New record 28 C, breaking previous record of 27.8 C set in 2015
Clearwater – New record 32.7 C, breaking 1941 record of 32.2 C
Clinton – New record 26.1 C, breaking last year’s record of 25.4 C
Golden – New record 31.2, breaking 30.6 C record set in 1940
Malahat – New record 24.4 C, breaking 2001 record of 24.3 C
Valemount – New record 30.9, breaking 84-year-old record of 30.6 C set in 1934
Williams Lake – New record 27.6 C, breaking 26.7 C set in 1969
Yoho Park – New record 25.4 C breaking oldest record of 25 C in 1923
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