It was a record setting day for daytime high temperatures throughout the Cariboo yesterday. (Tuesday)
In Quesnel, it hit 37.2 degrees.
Ken Dosanjh, a Meteorologist with Environment Canada, says that made it the hottest day in July in Quesnel in more than 80 years.
“I see 8 records in total that have eclipsed 37 degrees, but the last time we saw 37 degrees for Quesnel was back in 1941, for all of July. It hit 40.6 degrees on July 17th, 1941.”
The 37.2 degrees broke the old record for July 9th of 35.6 set back in 1920.
Dosanjh says Williams Lake shattered it’s old record yesterday.
Williams Lake also broke a record by almost 4 degrees. The new record is 35.1 degree. The old record was 31.7 that was set back in 1975.”
It was 35.2 degrees in Clinton, which is the closest weather station to 100 Mile House, which broke the old record of 34.4, also from 1975.
Highs are expected to get up into the low 30’s today, which is still much hotter than the normal high of around 26 degrees, but the daytime high records for today are in the mid 30’s.
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