If you enjoyed the unusually warm temperatures on Vancouver Island this weekend, you were not alone.
According to Environment Canada, preliminary data shows 10 heat records were set on Vancouver Island on May 10, many in Greater Victoria. Some of the old records had been in place since 1968.
The heat records are:
Comox Area
Preliminary new record of 26.6 C
Old record of 25.6 C set in 1968
Records in this area have been kept since 1914
Courtenay Area
Preliminary new record of 26.6 C
Old record of 25.6 C set in 1968
Records in this area have been kept since 1914
Esquimalt Area
Preliminary new record of 27.8 C
Old record of 24.8 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1874
Gonzales Point Area
Preliminary new record of 27.8 C
Old record of 24.8 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1874
Malahat Area
Preliminary new record of 25.4 C
Old record of 24.7 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1986
Port Hardy Area
Preliminary new record of 23.6 C
Old record of 21.1 C set in 1968
Records in this area have been kept since 1944
Victoria Area (Victoria Intl Airport)
Preliminary new record of 27.7 C
Old record of 25.3 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1914
Victoria Harbour Area
Preliminary new record of 27.8 C
Old record of 24.8 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1874
Victoria (Hartland) Area
Preliminary new record of 27.8 C
Old record of 24.8 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1874
Victoria (UVic) Area
Preliminary new record of 27.8 C
Old record of 24.8 C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1874
Many new daily record high temperatures were set across the BC Coast yesterday (May 10, 2020). Check our website for the full list https://t.co/8lLtGubD7X #BCwx pic.twitter.com/KWgm0GByLk
— ECCC Weather British Columbia (@ECCCWeatherBC) May 11, 2020
A total of 17 heat records were set in B.C. on Sunday, based on preliminary data.
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The Hope-area, east of Vancouver, edged Squamish as B.C.’s hot spot for May 10, breaking a record set last year of 30.2 degrees, beating Squamish by one-tenth of one degree.
Other records fell in Abbotsford, Bella Bella, Prince Rupert, White rock and Sandspit on Haida Gwaii.
Yukon also notched one heat record as the temperature in Haines Junction, about 150 kilometres west of Whitehorse, reached 23 C, breaking the old record of 22.8 C set in 1975.
With files from The Canadian Press
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