Weather posted Jul 8, 2024 @ 06:30am by Iain Burns

Temperature records broken across BC, including in Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton

Temperature records were broken all across the BC Interior on the weekend after a heat wave settled over the region.

Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton, Vernon, Merritt and other areas all logged unprecedented highs on Sunday.

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According to Environment Canada’s preliminary assessment of the temperatures, new records were set as follows:

CACHE CREEK AREA (Ashcroft): New record of 40.3ºC; old record of 36.9ºC set in 2015
CLINTON AREA (Clinton RCS): New record of 32.6ºC; old record of 32ºC set in 2017
FORT NELSON AREA (Fort Nelson): New record of 31.4ºC; old record of 30.6ºC set in 1953
GIBSONS AREA (Sechelt Aut): New record of 30.2ºC; old record of 30ºC set in 2010
KAMLOOPS AREA (Kamloops Aut): New record of 38.3ºC; old record of 35.6ºC set in 1906
KELOWNA AREA (Kelowna UBCO): New record of 36.5ºC; old record of 35.6ºC set in 1970
LANGLEY AREA: New record of 33.3ºC; old record of 32.6ºC set in 2010
LILLOOET AREA: New record of 38.8ºC; old record of 38.4ºC set in 2015
LYTTON AREA (Lytton RCS): New record of 39.9ºC; old record of 38.9ºC set in 1953
MALAHAT AREA (Malahat): New record of 30.7ºC; old record of 29.1ºC set in 2010
MERRITT AREA (Merritt): New record of 35.7ºC; old record of 35.6ºC set in 2015
NANAIMO AREA: New record of 33.3ºC; old record of 32.2ºC set in 2010
PEMBERTON AREA (Pemberton Airport CS): New record of 38ºC; old record of 35.6ºC set in 1953
PENTICTON AREA (Penticton A): New record of 36.5ºC; old record of 36.1ºC set in 1960
PUNTZI MOUNTAIN AREA (Puntzi Mountain (AUT)): New record of 32.9ºC; old record of 32.1ºC set in 2015
QUALICUM BEACH AREA: New record of 30.6ºC; old record of 29.1ºC set in 2010
SECHELT AREA (Sechelt Aut): New record of 30.2ºC; old record of 30ºC set in 2010
SMITHERS AREA (Smithers Airport Auto): New record of 31.8ºC; old record of 30.1ºC set in 2021
TATLAYOKO LAKE AREA (Tatlayoko Lake RCS): New record of 32.4ºC; old record of 31.1ºC set in 1931
VERNON AREA (Vernon Auto): New record of 36.1ºC; old record of 34.5ºC set in 2015
WHISTLER AREA (Whistler - Nesters): New record of 33.2ºC; old record of 32.3ºC set in 2023
WILLIAMS LAKE AREA: New record of 31.9ºC; old record of 31.1ºC set in 2017

Heat warnings remain in place across the province today, with temperatures of up to 40ºC expected in some areas.

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