Vancouver/CMEDIA: Although daily temperature records continue to fall across the province of B.C., it still records high temperatures.
Environment and Climate Change Canada preliminary data showed nine communities saw their hottest-ever May 16 on Tuesday, while another nine set records on Wednesday as well.
Three communities – Cache Creek, Dease Lake and Smithers – set records on both days.
Cache Creek saw highs of 36.4 C on Tues and 31.4 C on Wed, beating previous records of 31.5 C and 31 C set in 2021 and 1985, respectively.
Tuesday’s high in Dease Lake was 26.7 C and Wed’s was 27.8 C surpassing previous records of 24.8 C set on May 16, 1993, and 23.2 C set on May 17, 2018.
Smithers was hit by 29.5 C on both Tue and Wed, breaking previous records of 26.7 C from May 16, 2006 and 27.4 C from May 17, 1984.
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