It was hot, hot, hot in Metro Vancouver yesterday, and one city in the region had its hottest day in nearly 70 years.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) preliminary weather summaries from July 20, five cities around BC had temperature records broken.
Richmond was one of them, and the Metro Vancouver city had its hottest day since 1956.
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Weather records have been kept in the Richmond area since 1896. On July 20, Richmond hit a temperature of 30.3˚C, besting the old one at 29.4˚C.
Things could be just as hot in Richmond and around Metro Vancouver today, with ECCC forecasting humidex values of 30˚C or higher.
In some potentially good news, though, especially if you’re sick of the heat, things should cool down significantly after Friday, and there might even be some rain in the forecast next week.
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Other areas that saw weather records broken include the Nelson area, which set a new record of 38.2˚C, besting a previous record of 36.7˚C in 1938.
In Smithers, a new record of 31.7˚C was set, besting the 30.6˚C temperature in 1942.
The heat couldn’t quite trump the previous record of 31.3˚C from the Mackenzie area set back in 1979. Yesterday the area saw the same 31.3˚C for a tie.
And in the Nakusp area, a new record of 35.4˚C beat the old record of 35.2˚C set in 2008.