A surge of unseasonably warm weather on Monday shattered or equaled more than three dozen temperature records across British Columbia, according to preliminary data from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Notable instances include:
Cranbrook: Exceeded its 1931 record high for January 29, with the temperature rising from 10.6°C to 10.8°C.
Esquimalt (Vancouver Island): Broke the 1931 record of 13.3°C, reaching 15.3°C.
Vancouver (Lower Mainland): Reached 14.3°C, surpassing the 1940 record of 13.3°C.
Richmond (Lower Mainland): Hit 14.4°C, breaking the same 1940 record.
Other maximum temperature records broken or tied on Monday, according to Environment Canada’s preliminary data, include:
Abbotsford area: New record of 18.2°C, old record of 15.6°C set in 1960
Bella Bella area: New record of 13.3°C, old record of 13°C set in 1998
Cache Creek area: Tied its 1989 record of 14°C
Clinton area: New record of 10.3°C, old record of 6.8°C set in 2012
Comox area: New record of 13.3°C, old record of 12°C set in 2018
Courtenay area: New record of 13.3°C, old record of 12°C set in 2018
Dawson Creek area: New record of 15.1°C, old record of 13.3°C set in 1934
Dease Lake area: New record of 8.7°C, old record of 5°C set in 2022
Fort Nelson area: New record of 13.5°C, old record of 6°C set in 2007
Fort St. John area: New record of 12.8°C, old record of 10.5°C set in 1993
Gibsons area: New record of 16.2°C, old record of 10.5°C set in 1993
Gonzales Point area: New record of 15.3°C, old record of 13.3°C set in 1931
Kamloops area: New record of 11.8°C, old record of 11°C set in 1988
Mackenzie area: New record of 9.3°C, old record of 5.1°C set in 2009
Malahat area: New record of 14.2°C, old record of 12.6°C set in 1992
Merritt area: New record of 12.7°C, old record of 12°C set in 1989
Osoyoos area: New record of 12.4°C, old record of 11.7°C set in 1974
Penticton area: New record of 12.8°C, old record of 11.1°C set n 1974
Port Hardy area: New record of 13.3°C, old record of 12°C set in 1998
Powell River area: New record of 12.8°C, old record of 12.2°C set in 1931
Prince Rupert area: New record of 12.6°C, old record of 12.2°C set in 1935
Puntzi Mountain area: New record of 10.6°C, old record of 10°C set in 2009
Sechelt area: New record of 16.2°C, old record of 11°C set in 1995
Sparwood area: New record of 10°C, old record of 7.2°C set in 1976
Summerland area: New record of 12°C, old record of 11.1°C set in 1953
Terrace area: New record of 9.5°C, old record of 7.5°C, set in 1993
Victoria area: Tied its 1995 record of 13.1°C
Victoria Harbour, Hartland, and university areas: New record of 15.3°C, old record of 13.3°C set in 1931
West Vancouver area: New record of 17.3°C, old record of 14°C set in 1998
New records for the highest minimum daily temperature include:
Abbotsford area – new record of 8.4 C, old record of 7.2 C set in 1976
Agassiz area – new record of 8.9 C, old record of 7.2 C set in 1940
Bella Bella area – new record of 10.7 C, old record of 7 C set in 1998
Campbell River area – new record of 9.6 C, old record of 6.5 C set in 1995
Comox area – new record of 9.7 C, old record of 7.7 C set in 1998
Pitt Meadows area – new record of 10.3 C, old record of 7.2 C set in 1935
Prince Rupert area – new record of 9.7 C, old record of 7.2 C set in 1940
Vancouver area – new record of 11.7 C, old record of 7.4 C set in 1992
Victoria Hartland area – new record of 10 C, old record of 8.5 C set in 1998