Lower Mainland heat could break one-day records Thursday

If you’re feeling hot on Thursday, it’s not just you.

Temperatures are shooting back up across the Lower Mainland this week, and Thursday could even break some one-day heat records.

That’s according to 1130 NewsRadio meteorologist Michael Kuss.

“Hottest air comes today with temperatures climbing into the thirties away from the coast. This will be the hottest day in an incredibly warm stretch of weather that will last into the weekend,” he explained.

Kuss says the warm weather is coming all the way up from Mexico and California, through to the Pacific Northwest, to southern and central B.C.

“It got up to 35 degrees in Lytton, the national hot spot, and we’ll see some 30s for inland sections of the Lower Mainland over the next couple of days,” he added.

Kuss explains there are extreme heat warnings posted for parts of Oregon and Washington this week, and because of the humidity, temperatures are going to feel much higher than they are.

“The humidity is going to be part of the story as well. It will feel mid to upper 30s for parts of B.C. over the next two to three days,” Kuss said.

“We will likely see some record highs around the province with the hot air pushing as far north as Prince George.”

One-day heat records for Sept. 5 that Kuss says may fall include:

Abbotsford: 33.9°  1973
Vancouver YVR:  28.9°  1973
West Vancouver: 32.5°  2017
Agassiz: 34.4°  1944
Kelowna:  33.6°  2003

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