View of the sunset on Saturday evening/via Howie Reimer
Parts of B.C. continue to swelter under a heat wave that Environment Canada says broke or matched the daily high-temperature records in 25 communities on Sunday.
The weather agency says Lytton reached a high of 42.2 C on July 21, breaking a record of 42.1 C set in 2006.
Kamloops also set a temperature record at 41.6 C – the seventh warmest day in recorded history – breaking a 116-year-old record for July 21 of 38.9 C set back in 1908.
Today is the 7th warmest day on record in #Kamloops: 41.6°C. #YkaWx pic.twitter.com/PdS3DNkxev
— Kamloops Weather Records
(@YKA_Weather) July 22, 2024
Temperature records also fell in communities such as Blue River, Cache Creek, Clearwater, Kelowna, Lillooet, Vernon, while Merritt tied a record set in 2006 with a high of 39 C.
Clearwater topped out at 40.4 C, breaking the old record of 38.9 C set in 1938, while Kelowna broke a 30-year record Sunday with a temperature of 40 C.
Vernon also broke the 40 degree mark with a temperature of 40.1 C – 0.1 C more that the old record set back in 1908.
Heat warnings remain in place for portions of southern and eastern B-C, with forecasts calling for high temperatures to continue until at least later today before dropping to more seasonal temperatures.
