Dozens of areas around B.C. reach record-high temperatures Sunday

Twenty-six new record-high temperatures were set across B.C. on Sunday, according to Environment Canada.

Locally, four communities — Vancouver, West Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, and Abbotsford — were among those hitting new highs.

1130 NewsRadio meteorologist Michael Kuss says Monday will be cooler, but there are still expected to be some new record highs set.

“Cooler air will follow the cloud today, but even with the cloud cover across the Lower Mainland, it’s still going to be hot, as the area will continue to be affected by warm southerly breezes,” Kuss said.

“Highs will get close to records again today, but we won’t see as many around B.C. as we had yesterday.”

Conditions are expected to return to near seasonal temperatures Tuesday, he says.

“Northwesterly winds will help push high temperatures back closer to low to mid twenties.”

Those communities across the province that hit record highs Sunday were, according to Environment Canada (all values are in degrees Celsius):

ABBOTSFORD AREA
New record of 31.5
Old record of 31.0 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

BELLA BELLA AREA
New record of 24.8
Old record of 22.0 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

CACHE CREEK AREA
New record of 35.6
Old record of 34.4 set in 1974
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

CAMPBELL RIVER AREA
New record of 32.2
Old record of 28.9 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1958

COMOX AREA
New record of 30.4
Old record of 29.4 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

DUNCAN AREA
New record of 33.9
Old record of 29.4 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1913

ESTEVAN POINT AREA
New record of 21.0
Old record of 18.0 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1908

GIBSONS AREA
New record of 31.0
Old record of 26.9 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1949

HOPE AREA
New record of 31.7
Old record of 31.0 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1936

LILLOOET AREA
New record of 35.7
Old record of 35.5 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1917

LYTTON AREA
New record of 36.8
Old record of 35.4 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

NANAIMO AREA
New record of 33.2
Old record of 30.0 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1892

PEMBERTON AREA
New record of 36.3
Old record of 34.9 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1908

PITT MEADOWS AREA
New record of 33.3
Old record of 30.5 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1874

PORT ALBERNI AREA
New record of 35.0
Old record of 33.3 set in 1961
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

PORT HARDY AREA
New record of 22.0
Old record of 21.7 set in 1944
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

POWELL RIVER AREA
New record of 30.0
Old record of 26.9 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1924

QUALICUM BEACH AREA
New record of 30.2
Old record of 27.2 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1962

SECHELT AREA
New record of 31.0
Old record of 26.9 set in 2015
Records in this area have been kept since 1956

SQUAMISH AREA
New record of 31.9
Old record of 29.5 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

TATLAYOKO LAKE AREA
New record of 30.3
Old record of 29.0 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1930

TOFINO AREA
New record of 28.5
Old record of 28.3 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1896

VANCOUVER AREA
New record of 26.8
Old record of 25.6 set in 1932
Records in this area have been kept since 1896

VICTORIA AREA
New record of 30.2
Old record of 28.6 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1914

WEST VANCOUVER AREA
New record of 29.2
Old record of 27.6 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1976

WHISTLER AREA
New record of 31.6
Old record of 31.4 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1950