Temperature records tumble as summer continues on in B.C.
Posted September 27, 2022 8:13 am.
Officially, it may be fall, but we certainly had summer-like weather in many parts of B.C. Monday.
CityNews Meteorologist Michael Kuss says the province set a number of new high-temperature records for Sept. 26.
More than 20 record highs set across BC Monday from Dawson Creek to Port Alberni. Squamish hit 29.9. Port Alberni broke a record from 1912 hitting 29.5. West Van, Abbotsford and Pitt Meadows also set new record highs. #HotFall #LateSummer @CityNewsVAN pic.twitter.com/a6RVKswUHi
— Michael Kuss (@Kusswx) September 27, 2022
Kuss says some of the tumbling records are rather impressive.
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“When I say impressive, not just the temperatures, but how long those records have been standing,” he explained. “Port Alberni really stands out — 29.5 C was the temperature. The old record was 27.8 from 1918. They’ve been keeping records at that location since 1900.”
West Vancouver and Pitt Meadows were among the places where records also fell.
“In Richmond at Sea Island, not the YVR location, but they’ve been keeping records there since 1896. We don’t see this number very frequently … but recordings from that location [were] 22.6 degrees, not that hot, but that’s by the water. The old record was 22.4 degrees from 1991,” Kuss said.
But it wasn’t just the Lower Mainland that saw records fall.
“Squamish hit 29.9 — one of the warmer spots. [It] has a new record 26.5, the old record from 1991. Prince George had a record, so it wasn’t just across the South Coast region. It was widespread around the province.”
Records were also set in Abbotsford, Pitt Meadows, Sechelt, and Powell River.
