B.C. high-pressure ridge leads to 20 new daily weather records

Twenty communities across B.C. set daily temperature records on Thursday, thanks to a ridge of high pressure that brought sizzling temperatures.

Nearly all of the areas that set new records for June 8 were located in B.C.’s Interior, with the two exceptions being Whistler and Pemberton.

According to Environment Canada, Pemberton reached 35.7 C, eclipsing the old mark of 34.6 C set in 2015, while Whistler hit 30.9 C, edging out its previous mark of 30.0 C set in 1969.

Below are the communities that set daily temperature records on Thursday.

Blue River

• New record: 35.4 C
• Old record: 30.0 C, set in 1958

Cache Creek / Ashcroft

• New record: 37.9 C
• Old record: 36.9 C, set in 2015

Clearwater

• New record: 36.4 C
• Old record: 32.8 C, set in 1969

Clinton

• New record: 30.5 C
• Old record: 26.9 C, set in 2015

Golden

• New record: 35.0 C
• Old record: 34.4 C, set in 1948

Kamloops

• New record: 35.7 C
• Old record: 35.0 C, set in 1948

Kelowna

• New record: 35.1 C
• Old record: 34.9 C, set in 2015

Lillooet

• New record: 36.4 C
• Old record: 36.0 C, set in 2015

Lytton

• New record: 38.5 C
• Old record: 36.7 C, set in 1948

Mackenzie

• New record: 32.3 C
• Old record: 28.8 C, set in 1987

Pemberton

• New record: 35.7 C
• Old record: 34.6 C, set in 2015

Prince George

• New record: 32.0 C
• Old record: 30.0 C, set in 1969

Princeton

• New record: 34.4 C
• Old record: 33.9 C, set in 1903

Puntzi Mountain

• New record: 31.4 C
• Old record: 30.0 C, set in 1969

Quesnel

• New record: 34.0 C
• Old record: 32.2 C, set in 1969

Revelstoke

• New record: 36.1 C
• Old record: 35.0 C, set in 1948

Vernon

• New record: 35.5 C
• Old record: 34.2 C, set in 2015

Whistler

• New record: 30.9 C
• Old record: 30.0 C, set in 1969

Williams Lake

• New record: 30.7 C
• Old record: 28.9 C, set in 1969

Yoho National Park

• New record: 30.3 C
• Old record: 27.8 C, set in 1923

In related news, that ridge of high pressure also set 17 records in Alberta. The picturesque Jasper area had the province’s hottest temperature of the day at 32.7 C, eclipsing its old mark of 28.9 C that was set in 1958.