B.C. weather: 22 new daily records as heat, sunshine continue

A week-long trend of daily temperature records being set across B.C. continued on Friday.

According to Environment Canada, 22 areas recorded new daily maximum temperatures for May 19 as sunshine again soaked the province.

Leading the way was Lytton, where the mercury reached 34.0 C, eclipsing the town’s old mark of 32.2 C, set in 1928.

Cache Creek and Ashcroft were right behind at 33.8 C, easily surpassing their old mark of 31.0 set in 1993.

The trend could continue for Saturday. Ashcroft was both B.C.’s and the nation’s hot spot for the day, with a temperature of 33.6 C at 5 p.m.

Below are the communities that set daily maximum temperatures on Friday, May 19, 2023.

Cache Creek

• New record: 33.8 C
• Old record: 31.0 C, set in 1993

Clearwater

• New record: 31.6 C
• Old record: 31.5 C, set in 1993

Clinton

• New record: 26.7 C
• Old record: 25.5 C, set in 1993

Cranbrook

• New record: 30.3 C
• Old record: 28.3 C, set in 1956

Creston

• New record: 29.2 C
• Old record: 29.0 C, set in 1993

Kamloops

• New record: 32.0 C
• Old record: 31.7 C, set in 1961

Kelowna

• New record: 33.1 C
• Old record: 29.5 C, set in 1993

Lillooet

• New record: 32.4 C
• Old record: 31.7 C, set in 1928

Lytton

• New record: 34.0 C
• Old record: 32.2 C, set in 1928

Mackenzie

• New record: 28.6 C
• Old record: 27.9 C, set in 1993

Nakusp

• New record: 29.4 C
• Old record: 28.0 C, set in 1993

Nelson

• New record: 30.4 C
• Old record: 29.4 C set in 1956

Osoyoos

• New record: 32.7 C
• Old record: 31.4 C, set in 1993

Penticton

• New record: 32.3 C
• Old record: 30.0 C, set in 1925

Princeton

• New record: 30.7 C
• Old record: 30.2 C, set in 1993

Puntzi Mountain

• New record: 27.0 C
• Old record: 25.5 C, set in 1978

Sechelt

• New record: 24.5 C
• Old record: 24.0 C, set in 1994

Sparwood

• New record: 27.6 C
• Old record: 25.9 C, set in 2006

Summerland

• New record: 30.6 C
• Old record: 29.0 C, set in 1993

Vernon

• New record: 31.7 C
• Old record: 29.2 C, set in 2004

Whistler

• New record: 27.9 C
• Old record: 27.2 C, set in 1963

Yoho National Park

• New record: 25.0 C
• Old record: 23.7 C, set in 1993