Cold temperature records broken in BC & Yukon
A cold airmass and mostly clear skies settled over both British Columbia and Yukon leading to several cold temperature records being broken on Sunday.
The following is a summary of weather event information received by Environment & Climate Change Canada.
British Columbia
Agassiz Area
New record: -1.2
Old record: -1.1 set in 1912
Records began in 1889
Castlegar Area
New record: -6.0
Old record: -5.3 set in 1997
Records began 1916
Hope Area
New record: -1.6
Old record: -1.3 set in 1981
Records began in 1936
Penticton Area
New record: -5.8
Old record: -5.4 set in 1997
Records began in 1907
Port Alberni Area
New record: -4.1
Old record: -4.0 set in 1991
Records began in 1900
Powell River Area
New record: -2.7
Old record: -2.2 set in 1954
Records began in 1924
Princeton Area
New record: -8.7
Old record: -7.8 set in 1911
Records began in 1893
Sechelt Area
New record: -2.0
Old record: 0.0 set in 1995
Records began in 1956
Squamish Area
New record: -3.1
Old record: -1.5 set in 1983
Records began in 1960
Trail Area
New record: -4.6
Old record: -2.5 set in 1983
Records began in 1928
Whistler Area
New record: -6.5
Old record: -6.1 set in 1967
Records began in 1950
Yukon
Beaver Creek Area
New record: -31.3
Old record: -27.0 set in 1986
Records began in 1968
Carcross Area
New record: -27.6
Old record: -23.0 set in 1986
Records began in 1907
Carmacks Area
New record: -34.5
Old record: -29.0 set in 1986
Records began in 1963
Faro Area
New record: -33.1
Old record: -25.0 set in 1986
Records began in 1966
Haines Junction Area
New record: -29.9
Old record: -22.8 set in 1954
Records began in 1944
Kluane Lake Area
New record: -32.1
Old record: -30.7 set in 1986
Records began in 1966
Mayo Area
New record: -33.0
Old record: -21.2 set in 2014
Records began in 1924
Old Crow Area
New record: -36.8
Old record: -34.5 set in 1986
Records began in 1951
Ross River Area
New record: -35.9
Old record: -29.0 set in 1986
Records began in 1961
Teslin Area
New record: -28.1
Old record: 19.5 set in 1986
Records began in 1943
Whitehorse Area
New record: -28.0
Old record: -25.2
Records began in 1940
Based on ECCC Data
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