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> Though Canada has a strong land climate so big differences between summer and winter Parts of Canada do, but normally BC stays much cooler than this..

• GekkePrutser 5y ago
  Indeed, but it still seems more of a land climate even for cities at the coast, somehow. I live in Barcelona and we rarely see snow here (if we do it's a slight layer one morning and gone an hour later), while in summer it gets up to 30 degrees roughly. The temperature range is about 10-30 average and 5-35 if you count the extremes. The weather is really mellow here. When I see North American cities like New York on TV I'm surprised they have snowy winters and sweltering heat in summer, considering they're right at the coast. I heard Seattle is similar. But I'm not a climate scientist :) I've also never visited any of the Americas. But this sure sounds extreme yes! I hope it will pass soon.
• cmrdporcupine 5y ago
  Interior B.C. gets very hot and dry. Not like this extreme but close (upper 30s C), and this area is quite arid and has hot dry summers and cold winters. There are parts of interior B.C. not super far from there that are classified as Canada's only desert (Osoyoos area). As is often the case people are picking up on the "Canada" word in the headline and imagining a big cold land "up north." When thinking about this area it's best to think of interior Washington and Orgeon if you're familiar with them. It's neither very far north nor particularly cold. What I find more concerning is that this insane heat seems to have extended over the coastal region, where, yes, as you say it's usually fairly cool. Every time I've been to Vancouver island and the coastal region it's been fairly cool and it is notorious for ... rain. But I also haven't been there in 20 years...