You weren’t imagining it – Environment Canada says Thursday was the hottest July 6 since records began for some of us around BC… although not in Vancouver.
A strong, upper ridge of high pressure over southern British Columbia this week led to scorching heat and record breaking temperatures in 20 places around the province.
The hottest temperatures registered were in Warfield, where a new record of 39.7°C was set, burning up the previous record of 37.2°C set in 1968.
Vancouver reached a top temperature of 24.4°C, not quite breaking the record high of 28.3°C, set in 1958.
Here’s the full list of all the temperature records broken around the province on Sunday:
Cache Creek
New record 39.2°C
Previous record 37.8°C in 1960
Castlegar
New record 37.9°C
Previous record 37.2°C in 1968
Clearwater
New record 36.9°C
Previous record 35.6°C in 1975
Clinton
New record 30.2°C
Previous record 28.6°C in 2015
Gibsons
New record 27.3°C
Previous record 25.8°C in 2015
Hope Slide
New record 29.7°C
Previous record 28.0°C in 2015
Kamloops
New record 38.5°C
Previous record 37.2°C in 1906
Kelowna
New record 37.3°C
Previous record 34.4°C in 1968
Mackenzie
New record 28.9°C
Previous record 28.3°C in 2015
Merritt
New record 35.7°C
Previous record 34.4°C in 1975
Nakusp
New record 35.4°C
Previous record 33.9°C in 2007
Nelson
New record 38.8°C
Previous record 35.0°C in 1922
Osoyoos
New record 37.8°C
Tied previous record 37.8°C in 1968
Penticton
New record 36.5°C
Previous record 34.4°C in 1942
Prince George
New record 30.6°C
Tied previous record 30.6°C in 1920
Puntzi Mountain
New record 32.0°C
Previous record 31.1°C in 1975
Squamish
New record 29.0°C
Previous record 28.5°C in 2011
Vernon
New record 36.9°C
Previous record 36.1°C in 1906
Williams Lake
New record 31.1°C
Previous record 30.0°C in 1975
Warfield
New record 39.7°C
Previous record 37.2°C in 1968