Weather Records

• Record rainfall around Toronto signals a future with frequent severe storms: expert

  Saturday's rainfall in Toronto broke a daily record that had been in place since 2013, and experts say climate change means more such downpours will be the norm.

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  Aug 19, 2024
  
• Warm end-of-winter weather breaks temperature records in parts of Alberta

  The weather agency posted a summary about the number of warm weather records set in Alberta as the season shifts from winter to spring.

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  Mar 19, 2024
  
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• Balmy winter Sunday in B.C. topples 38 temperature records

  Environment Canada said a ridge of high pressure brought warm temperatures to B.C. this weekend, and well above-normal conditions are forecast to continue this week.

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  Mar 18, 2024
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• Record warm Thanksgiving weekend in some B.C. cities

  In Lytton, the province's most notorious hot spot, the temperature brushed against summer weather, when it reached 29.6 C, breaking an old record of 26.2 C set in 2022.

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  Oct 9, 2023
• Rainfall records washed away in five B.C. cities during late August storm

  Environment Canada reported that there were five cities that experienced record-breaking heavy rainfall over the previous 24 hours.

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  Aug 31, 2023
• B.C. high-pressure ridge leads to 20 new daily weather records

  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.

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  Jun 9, 2023
• More temperature records broken in B.C. as smoky heat wave lingers

  As smoky skies and unseasonable heat persist, Environment Canada reported that there were eight temperature records set on Wednesday, along with one tie, across British Columbia.

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  May 18, 2023
• Arctic air mass shattering cold weather records in Alberta

  As Alberta remained mired in a December deep freeze on Tuesday, Environment Canada revealed this week's cold snap has already unofficially smashed over two-dozen weather records.

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  Dec 20, 2022
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• Record-breaking cold sets in across B.C.

  The oldest record broken was in Salmon Arm. The Shuswap city saw temperatures plunge to -12 C Wednesday, breaking a record of -10.6 C set in 1911.    

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  Nov 10, 2022
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• October was warmest, driest ever in multiple Okanagan cities, says Environment Canada

  Environment Canada released figures Tuesday showing that this October was the warmest and driest tenth month of the year ever recorded in a number of B.C. cities.

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  Nov 1, 2022