Warm Temperature Records Broken in BC

Several high temperatures records were set in British Columbia on Thursday.

A strong ridge of high pressure over the BC coast led to multiple new daily high temperature records.

The following is a preliminary summary of new daily temperature records for May 9.

Abbotsford

New record 27.1

Old record 26.7 set in 1946

Records began in 1944

Bella Bella

New record 24.3

Old record 22.0 set in 2005

Records began in 1977

Bella Coola

New record 27.7

Old record 27.1 set in 2005

Records began in 1895

Campbell River

New record 27

Old record 24.4 set in 1968

Records began in 1958

Chilliwack

New record 27.7

Old record 27.5 set in 1987

Records began in 1881

Gibsons

New record 25.8

Old record 22.8 set in 1968

Records began 1949

Malahat

New record 23.8

Old record 22.0 set in 1987

Records began 1986

Nanaimo

New record 27

Old record 25.0 set in 1969

Records began 1892

Pitt Meadows

New record 28.0

Old record 27.8 set in 1878

Records began in 1874

Powell River

New record 24.9

Old record 24.4 set in 1949

Records began in 1924

Sechelt

New record 25.8

Old record 22.8 set in 1975

Records began in 1956

Squamish

New record 29.5

Old record 26.1 set in 1968

Records began in 1960

Terrace

New record 26.4

Old record 26.1 set in 1975

Records began in 1912

Tofino

New record 25.5

Old record 22.8 set in 1968

Records began in 1896

Victoria

New record 25.4

Old record 23.3 set in 1968

Records began in 1914

Based on ECCC Data