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British Columbia saw some record highs too recently. Penticton, BC was 22.5 °C and Summerland, BC was 20.7 °C > Just after 1 p.m., the temperature in Penticton
by murphyslab 5y ago
British Columbia saw some record highs too recently. Penticton, BC was 22.5 °C and Summerland, BC was 20.7 °C
> Just after 1 p.m., the temperature in Penticton reached a new daily high of 22.5 C.
> That's more than 10 C warmer than the previous heat record in the city for Dec. 1 of 11.2 C set in 2012, and vastly hotter than the historical daily average of 3.4 C.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/daily-heat-records-smashed-in-bc-s-okanagan-1.6269599 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/daily-heat-r...
I'm not absolutely certain, but I suspect that this is the first time a temperature over 20 °C has been recorded anywhere in BC during the month of December. Even Vancouver's record high for December was only 15.4 °C:
https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/almanac_monthly.html https://vancouver.weatherstats.ca/almanac_monthly.html
- __turbobrew__ 5y agoI never thought I would see Summerland on hacker news. Heh.