Daily heat records shattered across B.C. over Thanksgiving weekend
Posted October 8, 2023 12:38 pm.
Last Updated October 8, 2023 4:36 pm.
A dozen B.C. communities set new daily heat records this Thanksgiving weekend.
According to a weather summary issued Sunday morning by Environment Canada, 12 communities across B.C. set new daily maximum temperature records on Saturday.
Around Metro Vancouver, West Vancouver set a new record of 25 C, breaking the previous record set in 2022 by one degree. Pitt Meadows also broke its previous record set in 2022, increasing the maximum temperature by 0.7 C to 27.7 C.
Other records were broken in Bella Bella, Burns Lake, Mackenzie, Port Hardy, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quesnel and Tatlayoko Lake.
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According to Environment Canada, temperature records have been kept for most of these areas since around the late nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century.
Other daily maximum temperature records were broken Saturday in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Alberta.
Environment Canada notes that all summaries may contain preliminary or unofficial information and do not constitute final reports.
Despite the wave of high temperatures, forecasters are calling for a rainy Thanksgiving Monday with clouds expecting to roll in Sunday evening and last until Thursday.
