Hot but not record setting hot.
That’s the best way to describe yesterday’s (Monday) temperatures in the Cariboo.
Environment Canada’s Armel Castellan says Clinton, which is the nearest recording station for 100 Mile House, and Williams Lake both came very close.
“In Clinton I can see that yesterday 32.2 degrees was second to the 34.2 degrees that we saw on July 8th in 2015. You have to go back to the day before at 32.6, that was a daily record for Clinton. And for Williams Lake we had on the 8th yesterday 30.8 degrees, second spot down from 2015 again 33.1 degrees.”
Castellan says it was 33.5 degrees in Quesnel yesterday but the record for July 8th is 35.4 from 2010.
He says it was top five however.
Castellan says we could see records fall today though as the forecasted high is upwards of 35 degrees.
“For instance Williams Lake’s previous July 9th record is 1975 at 31.7 degrees, so a pretty good chance of seeing a record broken there. Clinton and Quesnel have a lesser chance of breaking records because their records are upwards of 34 degrees for this day in history. Quesnel’s record 35.6 in 1920, and Clinton’s is 34.4 from 1975.”
Castellan says health messaging is very important when the temperatures get this high,
He urges people to understand that there is a moderate risk to human health, and especially for the elderly and those with medical conditions.
Castellan says constant hydration and finding a place to stay cool for a few hours of the day are both very important.
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