Few people are enjoying the warm weather as much as Richard Czaban.
“The hotter the better for me,” says the Rainbow Ice Cream truck worker.
“The heat absolutely makes the business flourish. People want to come out and refresh themselves.”
The predicted heat wave for British Columbia came to fruition across the province this weekend. On Sunday, record temperatures were hit for June 7 in Castlegar (34.7 degrees Celsius), Creston (31.9). Lillooet (35.6), the Malahat (27.3), Port Alberni (32.2), Pitt Meadows (29.6), Salmon Arm (30.9) – and many, many other B.C. towns.
The high humidity means it felt even warmer, causing potential issues for the young, elderly and those with medical conditions.
“We give them a lot of sunscreen, and we also try and get them to take water with them,” says Phillip Whatman with the Kelowna Gospel Mission.
The warm temperature isn’t expected to leave anytime soon.
“Replacing all that instability that we saw for two weeks is a strengthening ridge of high pressure that’s drifted off the north coast of California,” says Global News meteorologist Kate Gajdosik.
“Because the ridge is so strong, it’s disabling weather systems from coming in off the Pacific to cool us down. The ridge is sort of acting like a goalie, and it’s deflecting that system to the north of us. It will continue to sit stationary, with a lot of sunshine this week and temperatures expected to remain above seasonable averages.”
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