"It's insane": July hailstorm turns parts of BC into winter wonderland (PHOTOS)

It’s Christmas in July for some parts of BC as a passing hail storm covered the Sun Peaks near Kamloops in a blanket of white on Monday.

Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality, a popular ski location in the Interior, captured the village square decked in hail on its webcam during this mid-summer winter wonderland.

Sun Peaks village square on Monday. Sun Peaks Resort/webcam

Twitter user Keith Lyall said in his tweet that the roads were covered in three inches of “marble-sized hail” and that the temperature had dropped 20 degrees in one hour.

About 3 inches of up to marble size hail. Temperature dropped 20 degrees in an hour. Sorry that I say insane so many times but it was definitely that! pic.twitter.com/dh9vCnLPE4

— Keith Lyall (@Keith_Lyall) July 17, 2023

In his video, Lyall mentions that the ice had started to melt and it looked like a “river running down the road.”

“It’s insane,” he repeatedly said while pointing his camera at the hail-covered roads.

Another Twitter user posted a picture of the village after the hail storm which surely looks like it was taken in the middle of December.

@Kamscan hail storm in Sun Peaks! pic.twitter.com/YitUlbUqIN

— BCSENSGIRL (@bcsensgirl) July 17, 2023

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But that was not all. Strong winds from this short-lived yet intense storm also caused a power outage in downtown Kamloops.

Large downtown #Kamloops power outage pic.twitter.com/Mf3bnfq9Oa

— Kamscan🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@Kamscan) July 17, 2023

Hail at the Sun Peaks valley yesterday, July 17. Sun Peaks Resort/webcam

Sun Peaks valley today, July 18. Sun Peaks Resort/webcam

While the storm provided much respite from the surrounding forest fires and rising summer temperatures, it has now melted and teleported the valley back to summertime.