Lots of records were broken all over British Columbia on Monday because of the high temperatures that blanketed the province.
According to Environment Canada there were 11 records broken including one in Kelowna. On Monday the temperature in Kelowna reached 18.6 degrees and the old record from 2005 which was 17.8 degrees was broken. Penticton also set a weather record on March 9th with a new high of 18.1 degrees. The old record was set in 2013 and was 17.3 degrees. A record was also broken in Summerland with a high of 18.1 degrees, the old record was 16.6 degrees in 2005.
Records also fell in the Kootenays with Castlegar breaking a temperature high from 1984 which was 14. 7 degrees, with the new high of 18 degrees. Creston also hit 18 degrees and broke its previous record from 2012 which was 16.5. Nakusp was two degrees higher than its previous record of 12.9 which was set in 2004 with a new high of 14.9 degrees.
The hot spot in the province was in Lillooet as temperatures soared to 19.8 degrees, just inching by the 2005 record high of 18.9 degrees. More records were broken including:
Warfield
New record 18.9
Old record 13.5 in 2014
Cranbrook
New record 16.4
Old record 13.9 in 2005
Sparwood
New record 14.7
Old record 14.5 in 2005
Williams Lake
New record 13.7
Old record 13.5 in 1983
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