You weren’t imagining it – Environment Canada says baking British Columbia smashed 44 records during the long weekend heatwave… although not in Vancouver.
The agency says an unseasonably strong ridge of high pressure over British Columbia this weekend led to scorching heat around the province.
The hottest temperatures registered were in Squamish, where a new record of 38.2°C was set on Sunday, burning up the previous record of 28.5°C set in 1990.
Vancouver reached a top temperature of 26°C on Monday, not quite breaking the record high of 29.3°C, set in 1988.
And if you were having trouble sleeping in the heat, you might be interested to know nighttime temperatures are breaking records too.
According to Environment Canada, the source of the warm air over BC, and the
smoke layer trapping in the heat are contributing to this effect.
The hottest nighttime temperature this long weekend was in Malahat, where a new record of 20.5°C was set, breaking the previous record of 17.5°C, set in 2003.
Here’s the full list of all the temperature records broken around the province this long weekend:
Sunday, September 3
Nelson
New record 35.8°C
Previous record 32.2°C set in 1931
Cranbrook
New record 34.6°C
Previous record 33.9°C set in 1950
Comox/Courtenay
New record 31.1°C
Previous record 29.7°C set in 1988
Victoria Airport
New record 29.9°C
Previous record 29.2°C set in 1988
Gibsons
New record 29.7°C
Previous record 27.0°C set in 1995
Sechelt
New record 29.7°C
Previous record 26.5°C set in 1983
Tofino
New record 26.0°C
Previous record 25.6°C set in 2003
Monday, September 4 – daytime
Abbotsford
New record 36.4°C
Previous record 30.6°C set in 1951
Agassiz
New record 36.8°C
Previous record 33.3°C set in 1955
Bella Bella
New record 27.6°C
Previous record 22.7°C set in 2013
Chilliwack
New record 36.8°C
Previous record 33.3°C set in 1955
Comox/Courtenay
New record 31.7°C
Previous record 28.9°C set in 1949
Esquimalt
New record 30.1°C
Previous record 27.8°C set in 1951
Gibsons
New record 33.0°C
Previous record 28.3°C set in 1949
Gonzales Point
New record 30.1°C
Previous record 27.8°C set in 1949
Hope
New record 37.6°C
Previous record 35.6°C set in 1955
Malahat
New record 32.1°C
Previous record 30.6°C set in 2003
Pemberton
New record 35.8°C
Previous record 35.1°C set in 2003
Pitt Meadows
New record 34.4°C
Previous record 30.0°C set in 1949
Port Alberni
New record 36.8°C
Previous record 35.6°C set in 1909
Port Hardy
New record 23.2°C
Previous record 21.1°C set in 1973
Powell River
New record 29.9°C
Previous record 27.8°C set in 2003
Revelstoke
New record 32.1°C
Previous record 31.1°C set in 1944
Sechelt
New record 33.0°C
Previous record 25.0°C set in 2003
Squamish
New record 38.2°C
Previous record 28.5°C set in 1990
Trail
New record 35.1°C
Previous record 35.0°C set in 1998
Vernon
New record 32.5°C
Previous record 31.5°C set in 1988
Victoria
New record 31.2°C
Previous record 31.1°C set in 1955
White Rock
New record 30.8°C
Previous record 30.0°C set in 1949
Monday, September 4 – nighttime
Cache Creek
New record 18.1°C
Previous record 17.2°C set in 2012
Campbell River
New record 16.5°C
Previous record 14.1°C set in 2007
Comox/Courtenay
New record 16.0°C
Previous record 15.2°C set in 1995
Creston
New record 16.9°C
Previous record 16.1°C set in 1961
Esquimalt
New record 15.3°C
Previous record 15.0°C set in 1877
Estevan Point
New record 15.0°C
Previous record 14.0°C set in 1988
Gonzales Point
New record 15.3°C
Previous record 15.0°C set in 1877
Gulf Islands
New record 17.2°C
Previous record 15.6°C set in 1966
Hope
New record 19.4°C
Previous record 16.1°C set in 1974
Lilloet
New record 20.0°C
Previous record 18.4°C set in 1998
Lytton
New record 18.9°C
Previous record 18.3°C set in 1939
Malahat
New record 20.5°C
Previous record 17.5°C set in 2003
Penticton
New record 17.6°C
Previous record 17.4°C set in 1995
Sparwood
New record 12.1°C
Previous record 12.0°C set in 1997