A temperature record that stood for over 100 years was broken in Quesnel yesterday, March 18.
Meteorologist for Environment Canada, Brian Proctor, said much of the Cariboo and Chilcotin was impacted by warm air that was brought north from the atmospheric river along the BC Coast.
“Quesnel’s daytime high yesterday was 18.6 degrees,” said Proctor. “The old record was 17.2, set in 1901, and data for Quesnel goes back to 1893.”
Williams Lake also set a new record yesterday.
The Lake City reached a daytime high of 17.0 degrees, which broke the previous record of 15.9 set in 2024.
Proctor said the atmospheric river is passing through, and the Cariboo region will be cooling back down to more seasonally expected conditions.
“I think we’ll still see showers over the next little while, maybe even thunder showers on Friday. Typically, this time of year, our daytime high should be about eight degrees in Quesnel, and the overnight lows somewhere around minus four.”
As this warm air pocket pushes further south through the weekend, Proctor adds the Cariboo could possibly see flurries on Monday or Tuesday.
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