The weather around B.C. continues to be unseasonably warm to start the month of May, and several long-standing temperature records have been broken, including a previous 128-year-old benchmark in Vancouver.
According to the daily weather summaries from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), 19 B.C. spots tied or set records for May 4, 2026.
While Vancouver has been experiencing a warm spring, the day’s high broke a record set back in 1898.
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Vancouver hit a daily maximum temperature record on May 4 of 23.9°C.
The previous record for the date was only 22.2°C, a difference of over 1.7°C. Records for the area have been kept since 1896.
Records were set in several other Metro Vancouver cities, including West Vancouver (25.8°C), Richmond (25.9°C), and Pitt Meadows (28.5°C).
Several of the high-temperature marks were set decades ago.
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The latest forecast indicates that Metro Vancouver temperatures could reach a high of 25°C inland on Tuesday, May 5, and 22°C inland on Wednesday, May 6.
“A ridge of high pressure is firmly in place, and it has been particularly hot,” explained ECCC meteorologist Bobby Sekhon. “We’re seeing elevated temperatures, five to 10 degrees above normal.”
“It’s quite exceptional heat in early May, and it’s not often we see it this early in the month.”
Sekhon added that there is not much precipitation, if any, in the forecast. Overnight lows are also expected to stay warm all week, with nothing below 10°C for the next week.
If you’re looking for a fun activity to do around Vancouver, no matter the temperature, we’ve got you covered this week.
From Mother’s Day Blooms to hilarious comedy, a tulip forest and retro science party, and more, here are 20 things to do from May 4 to 10.
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