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Lytton is in the middle of the Fraiser River valley, it has always been hot AF in the middle of summer. Vancouver is far away on the coast. Median temperature
by lamontcg 5y ago
Lytton is in the middle of the Fraiser River valley, it has always been hot AF in the middle of summer. Vancouver is far away on the coast. Median temperature in Lytton around Aug 1st is 30C and it has hit ~40C a bunch over its historical record.
This event was, of course, very extreme, but its not that surprising it happened in Lytton.
And the whole Frasier river valley is getting hit hard by climate change and forest fires, pretty much every summer.
It might seem weird because its so far north, but its climate is more like drought-striken areas of WA/OR/CA.
- robotresearcher 5y ago‘Fraser’, no ‘i’. After Simon Fraser, an explorer of western Canada.
- lamontcg 5y agoWould you swear on your life it wasn't named after Dr. Frasier Crane, esteemed psychologist of the Pacific Northwest? I didn't think so.
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- sandworm101 5y agoSo far north? London is further north than both vancouver and lytton.
- lamontcg 5y agoLondon is anomalously warm for its latitude due to the Atlantic Ocean conveyor belt.