Vancouver saw the warmest April on record last month

It was the warmest April on record in Vancouver since 1937, the year the city began keeping temperature records.

Global BC meteorologist Yvonne Schalle says the normal mean temperature for April is 9.4 degrees Celsius, but last month saw a mean temperature of 11.8 degrees.

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It was also the driest April since 2004 with the total rainfall amount of 24 millimeters, compared to the average of 89 millimeters usually seen in April.

And May is already off to a warm start.

On Monday, 24 temperature records were broken.

In Metro Vancouver, Pitt Meadows broke the 30-degree mark, setting a new record of 30.3 degrees Celsius and breaking the old record of 29.4 degrees set in 1945. Hope and Kamloops also set new records reaching just over 30 degrees Celsius.

Squamish beat the old record of 23.0 set in 1991 by nearly seven degrees, setting a new record of 29.8 degrees.

In Vancouver, the temperature peaked at 24.7 degrees, beating the old record of 23.9 set in 1945.

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Last night also saw wild weather and lightning throughout Metro Vancouver, resulting in a Port Coquitlam man getting hurt when a tree fell on his home.

Schalle says May’s early hot streak is courtesy of a strong ridge of high pressure over the province.

“We could still see some records fall today in the Southern Interior, but it will be a few degrees cooler on the South Coast,” says Schalle.

Today’s high at Vancouver Airport is expected to reach 20 degrees, with a chance of scattered showers.

Wednesday will see cooler temperatures, with a high of 16 degrees, morning showers and sunny breaks in the afternoon.

Schalle says temperatures will rebound again with the heat making a return this weekend.