With the returning heat in British Columbia, more temperature records have fallen across the province.
On Tuesday, according to Environment Canada, a dozen areas, including Kelowna, made heat history.
The full list is as follows:
Cache Creek: New record of 39.3ºC; old record of 37.5ºC set in 2022
Clearwater: New record of 36.6ºC; old record of 34.6ºC set in 2022
Clinton: New record of 34.3ºC; old record of 31ºC set in 1988
Kelowna: New record of 37.1ºC; old record of 36.2ºC set in 2017
Lillooet: New record of 36.5ºC; old record of 36.1ºC set in 1934
Lytton: New record of 40ºC; old record of 39.6ºC set in 2022
Mackenzie: New record of 29ºC; old record of 28ºC set in 2022
Princeton: New record of 38.8ºC; old record of 36.5ºC set in 1988
Smithers: New record of 30.8ºC; old record of 30.6ºC set in 1974
Tatlayoko Lake: New record of 32.8ºC; old record of 31ºC set in 1988
Vernon: New record of 36.2ºC; old record of 34.8ºC set in 2017
Whistler: New record of 34.9ºC; old record of 33.4ºC set in 1988
Today, meanwhile, several areas in BC have been placed under a heat warning by Environment Canada.
100 Mile House, the Boundary region, Central Coast, Fraser Canyon, North Coast, North Thompson and South Thompson are all affected.
The province’s fire danger rating system showed most of BC at “high” risk of wildfires.
Some areas were also rated “extreme.”
As of this morning, BC Wildfire Service is listing 123 active wildfires.
