Several B.C. communities see record high temperatures Tuesday

Twenty communities across British Columbia set or tied their record daytime high temperatures Tuesday.

Locally, the mercury in Pitt Meadows soared to 34 Celsius, Abbotsford hit 33 C, and West Vancouver got up to 32.1 C.

The national hotspot was Lytton, at 36.9 C — but this was not a record high for that area.

Wednesday is set to be a cooler day overall.

The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record Tuesday (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):

ABBOTSFORD AREA
New record of 33.0
Old record of 30.2 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

AGASSIZ AREA
New record of 32.9
Old record of 31.5 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1889

BELLA BELLA AREA
New record of 27.6
Old record of 25.1 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

CHETWYND AREA
Tied record of 28.7 set in 2014
Records in this area have been kept since 1970

COMOX AREA
New record of 31.5
Old record of 28.9 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

COURTENAY AREA
New record of 31.5
Old record of 28.9 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

DUNCAN AREA
New record of 32.9
Old record of 30.6 set in 1940
Records in this area have been kept since 1913

FORT ST. JOHN AREA
New record of 28.8
Old record of 27.8 set in 1955
Records in this area have been kept since 1910

HOPE AREA
New record of 34.0
Old record of 32.3 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1936

KITIMAT AREA
New record of 29.6
Old record of 29.4 set in 1958
Records in this area have been kept since 1951

MACKENZIE AREA
New record of 28.9
Old record of 28.2 set in 2004
Records in this area have been kept since 1971

NANAIMO AREA
New record of 32.2
Old record of 31.1 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1892

PITT MEADOWS AREA
New record of 34.0
Old record of 31.0 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1874

PORT HARDY AREA
New record of 24.2
Old record of 21.1 set in 1961
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

POWELL RIVER AREA
New record of 31.6
Old record of 28.9 set in 1926
Records in this area have been kept since 1924

QUALICUM BEACH AREA
New record of 32.2
Old record of 27.5 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1962

SECHELT AREA
New record of 32.4
Old record of 26.1 set in 1958
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

SQUAMISH AREA
New record of 34.1
Old record of 29.6 set in 2023
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

TOFINO AREA
New record of 28.9
Old record of 27.4 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1896

VICTORIA GONZALES POINT AREA
New record of 30.4
Old record of 26.6 set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1874

WEST VANCOUVER AREA
New record of 32.1
Old record of 29.5 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1976