13 temperature records broken across Southern B.C. on Sunday

VANCOUVER – Many areas of Southern B.C. experienced some unusually warm weather on Sunday as a subtropical flow of air led to record highs.

It will be cooler on Tuesday but Global BC meteorologist Mark Madryga says it will still be mild with above-normal temperatures.

A look at the temperature records broken show many beat the previous record by many degrees.

OBSERVATION SITE                NEW RECORD (PREVIOUS RECORD)

VANCOUVER AIRPORT               21.6           (18.9/1940)

PITT MEADOWS                        22.0                 (21.0/1978)

WHITE ROCK                          22.7                     (18.9/1929)

CLOVERDALE EAST                 23.0                (19.5/2010)

ABBOTSFORD                          22.5                    (21.6/1987)

VICTORIA GONZALES               20.2              (18.9/1944)

SATURNA                                 19.8                        (16.4/2001)

POWELL RIVER                    17.3                    (16.8/2003)

PORT HARDY                      15.3                     (15.0/1964)

SALMON ARM                      20.8                   (18.9/1925)

SPARWOOD                          16.6                     (15.5/1989)

CLINTON                              18.3                         (15.6/1973)

PRINCE GEORGE                   20.7                  (16.7/1952)