Environment Canada Meteorologist Ross Macdonald confirms that the warmest that it got in Williams Lake yesterday (Jan 12) was -25.6 degrees.
He says that matched the record for the lowest high, which was set back in 1971.
Macdonald says Quesnel came close as it was -25.1 at one point in the day and the record is -25.6 from 1911.
He says with a forecasted high of -24 today, we could see another record fall.
“The low high record for Quesnel is -29.4 from 1911 so that won’t likely fall, but for Williams Lake the low high for January 13th is -24.2, and that was set back in 2020.”
Macdonald says we are not in record territory when it comes to record lows.
“It is unlikely. Right now we’ve got a low of around -30, -31 for the areas. The record for today (Jan 13) is -39.4 for Quesnel and -36.5 for Williams Lake. The record for Quesnel goes back to 1911 and the records go back to 1893 so it’s a pretty long reference. For Williams Lake that particular record was set in 2005, and their records got back to 1960.”
Macdonald says the all-time records for cold temperatures are -46.7 for Quesnel back on January 17th, 1950, and -42.8 for Williams Lake on December 29th, 1968.”
He says this will likely be the last real cold night.
After that, Macdonald says it will start to get at least a little milder.
“It will moderate very slightly into the -30’s this afternoon and then dip back down into the – 37, 38 again overnight.  Tomorrow we’ll see a daytime high of around -22 or 23 and then kind of slowly moderate as we go into next week.”
We are expecting a high of -17 by Tuesday and Wednesday with lows only down into the -22 range.
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