Environment Canada says 17 daily high temperature records were tied or set in B.C. yesterday.

Preliminary data shows the Trail area was the hot spot for July 10, recording a daily high of 40.5 C, breaking the previous record of 38.4 C set in 2021.

Both the Ashcroft and Cache Creek-area and the Kelowna area recorded 40.3 C temperatures, breaking records of 38.9 C set in 1975 and 37.2 C set in 2021 respectively.

The Osoyoos area also recorded a temperature of 40.1 C, breaking the old record of 39.4 C set in 1975.

Kamloops also set a new record for July 10 after the mercury topped out at 39.4 C, breaking the 98-year-old record of 38.9 C set in 1926.

Records were also set in Blue River and Vernon, while Clearwater tied a 98-year-record with a daytime high of 38.3 C.

Wednesday’s record temperatures comes after dozens of daily records fell on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in the province.

The number of active wildfires in B.C also jumped to more than 140 amid the heat wave that is sweeping Western Canada this week and created prime conditions for fire.

The BC Wildfire Service will be bringing in a provincewide campfire ban at noon this Friday, July 12.

A heat warning remains in effect for much of southern B.C., with Environment Canada forecasting a daytime high of 35 C to 36 C in Kamloops for the next seven days.

– With files from The Canadian Press