B.C heatwave breaking records

B.C.’s heat wave is breaking maximum temperature records that have stood for over 100 years: report

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Global News,

3 August, 2017

B.C. is baking under an intense heat wave that is breaking maximum temperature records in communities all over the province, said a preliminary weather summaryfrom Environment Canada on Wednesday night.

A ridge of high pressure has created a heat wave over B.C.’s southern half, resulting in “several days of broken maximum temperature records,” the agency said.

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The summary contained “preliminary or unofficial information” and therefore couldn’t be considered a final report.

But it nevertheless showed various communities hitting new marks on Tuesday and Wednesday — some, like in Agassiz and Victoria Harbour, hadn’t hit marks like these in over 100 years.

Here are the same-day maximum temperature records that were beaten on Aug. 1 and 2, according to Environment Canada:

August 1

Bella Bella area — 27.1 degrees Celsius (previous record 25.5 in 1999)

Bella Bella, B.C. -Wikimedia Commons user The Interior

Campbell River area — 33 degrees Celsius (previous record 32.8 in 1965)

Kathy Paynter – Campbell River   Kathy Paynter

Hope Slide area — 30.5 degrees Celsius (previous record 30 in 2015)

Tofino area — 28 degrees Celsius (previous record 25.6 in 1965)

Victoria Harbour area — 25.9 degrees Celsius (previous record 25.6 in 1891)

August 2

Abbotsford area — 34.1 degrees Celsius (previous record 32.3 in 1939)

Agassiz area — 35.6 degrees Celsius (previous record 34.4 in 1898)

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Bella Bella area  — 28 degrees Celsius (previous record 26 in 1993)

Chilliwack area — 35.6 degrees Celsius (previous record 32.8 in 1927)

Estevan Point area — 21.9 degrees Celsius (previous record 20.6 in 1947)

Hope area — 37.2 degrees Celsius (previous record 36.1 in 1939

Kitimat area — 31 degrees Celsius (previous record 31 in 1999)

Malahat area — 32.5 degrees Celsius (previous record 30.8 in 1993)

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Port Alberni area — 36.8 degrees Celsius (previous record 35 in 2009)

Port Hardy area — 23.1 degrees Celsius (previous record 22.2 in 1961)

A Humpback Whale, leaps out of the water near Port Hardy, British Columbia on August 13, 2008. The Humpback whale perhaps the best known of the baleen whales, occurring in all oceans. The community of Port Hardy is located at the tip of Vancouver Island.

Powell River area — 29 degrees Celsius (previous record 28.9 in 1961)

Sechelt area — 29.3 degrees Celsius (previous record 28.8 in 2009)

Squamish area — 33.2 degrees Celsius (previous record 30.8 in 2009)

The Stawamus Chief in Squamish, British Columbia.

Tofino area — 31.5 degrees Celsius (previous record 27.2 in 1993)

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White Rock area — 29.5 degrees Celsius (previous record 28.9 in 1939)

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