The heat wave sweeping across B.C. on Sunday broke a record in Kelowna that had stood since before World War II.
Environment Canada has released their unofficial temperature records for Sunday, June 28th, saying that a total of 30 temperature records were broken across the province. In Kelowna, temperatures reached 38.7°C, nearly four degrees higher than the previous record of 35.0 °C set all the way back in 1937, or 78 years ago.
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Penticton also broke a record with 36.4°C, compared to the 34.9 °C set back in 1979. In the North Okanagan, temperatures in Vernon were even higher at 39.3 °C, smashing the 2008 record of 35.4 °C.
The community in B.C. that broke the oldest record on Sunday was Kamloops with temperatures up to 39.1 °C. This heat broke a record that was 119 years old, with 38.3 °C set back in 1896.
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Even more records were broken across B.C. on Saturday, when Kelowna and 33 other communities smashed their temperature records for that date.
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