It was another scorcher in British Columbia on Thursday.
Another 14 temperature records fell across the province on Thursday, bringing the total number of records broken over the past three days to 38.
Of the 14 broken on Thursday, four of them were in the Okanagan and that includes Kelowna, Vernon and Penticton all eclipsing marks set 88 years ago.
Kelowna hit 38.7°C, breaking the previous record of 37.2°C.
Penticton hit 37.9°C, just narrowly eclipsing the previous record of 37.8°C.
Vernon hit 37.6°C, topping the previous record of 37.2°C.
All three of those previous temperature records were set all the way back in 1934, the same year that Donald Duck made his first appearance in a Disney short film.
The other Okanagan spot to set a new record on Thursday was Osoyoos, although the previous record wasn’t broken as the city hit 41.2°C to tie the mark set in 1996.
Here’s a look at all of the temperature records broken on Thursday around BC:
- Blue River (37°C) – old record of 36°C was set in 1998
- Clearwater (39.2°C) – old record of 38.5°C was set in 1998
- Clinton (34.5°C) – old record of 33°C was set in 2009
- Dawson Creek (32.5°C) – old record of 30°C was set in 1937
- Kelowna (38.7°C) – old record of 37.2°C was set in 1934
- Lyton (41.1°C) – old record of 40.6°C was set in 2009
- Mackenzie (33.4°C) – old record of 32.9°C was set in 2009
- Osoyoos (41.2°C) – tied the record set previously in 1996
- Penticton (37.9°C) – old record of 37.8°C was set in 1934
- Port Hardy (24.1°C) – old record of 23.9°C was set in 2021
- Princeton (38°C) – old record of 37.8°C was set in 1994
- Puntzi Mountain (34.2°C) – old record of 33.8°C was set in 2009
- Sparwood (33.1°C) – old record of 32.8°C set in 2003
- Vernon (37.6°C) – old record of 37.2°C set in 1934
