According to Environment Canada, Lytton recorded temperatures in excess of 49 C on Tuesday afternoon after reaching 47.5 C on Monday and 46.6 C Sunday.

Before Sunday, the previous record of 45 C was documented in Yellow Grass and in Midale, Sask., on July 5, 1937. The previous B.C. record of 44.4 C was set in Lytton in 1941.