Jul-April. That’s what we’ll call it. Summertime temperatures have invaded the south coast of B.C. this week. Following a record breaking Sunday, 49 temperature records fell across the province Monday. Here are some of the island records broken April 18th, 2016, as reported by Environment Canada. Temperatures are in °C
Campbell River area
New record of 20.6
Old record of 19.4 set in 1983
Estevan Point area
New record of 16.3
Old record of 15.6 set in 1934
Malahat area
New record of 24.5
Old record of 21.6 set in 2008
Nanaimo area
New record of 25.1
Old record of 21.7 set in 1934
Tofino area
New record of 19.3
Old record of 18.9 set in 1939
Victoria area
New record of 24.3
Old record of 19.4 set in 1934
Victoria Harbour area
New record of 20.0
Old record of 17.8 set in 1897
Most impressive on this list is the smashed record at Victoria Harbour. It’s a record that stood for 119 years. 119 years! Until yesterday. Amazing. I wonder how long the new record will stand…
The warm-up is well underway today with many neighbourhood schools reporting 20°C or higher before noon. Expect more long-standing records to be broken today and tomorrow on Vancouver Island.
