It was another scorcher across British Columbia on Sunday.
After a small number of heat records were broken on Saturday, more than 20 historic marks fell on Sunday as people enjoyed summer heat in the middle of spring.
Leading the way was Pemberton, Osoyoos, Cache Creek and Lillooet, as the thermometer surpassed 31°C in all four communities and even touched 32°C in Pemberton.
Along with those four new all-time highs for May 3, daily temperature records were broken in 20 other spots across the province.
Two of the records broken on Sunday had stood for well over a century, as Victoria eclipsed a mark from 1898 and Port Alberni’s previous mark was set in 1907.
Here’s a full list of new all-time highs for May 3 that were set in BC on Sunday:
- Bella Bella (26.1°C) – old record of 18°C set in 1998
- Burns Lake (22.2°C) – old record of 21.1°C set in 1998
- Cache Creek (31.2°C) – old record of 29.4°C set in 1945
- Campbell River (28.9°C) – old record of 22.8°C set in 2013
- Comox (27.1°C) – old record of 25°C set in 1946
- Estevan (18.6°C) – old record of 17.8°C set in 1944
- Lillooet (31.1°C) – old record of 30.6°C set in 1937
- Merritt (28.5°C) – old record of 28.2°C set in 2016
- Nanaimo (28.1°C) – old record of 25.6°C set in 1946
- Nelson (29°C) – old record of 28.3°C set in 1966
- Osoyoos (31.4°C) – old record of 30.5°C set in 2023
- Pemberton (32°C) – old record of 31.1°C set in 1957
- Pitt Meadows (28.9°C) – old record of 28.3°C set in 1946
- Port Alberni (29.8°C) – old record of 26.7°C set in 1907
- Powell River (25.2°C) – old record of 22.2°C set in 1946
- Qualicum Beach (26.5°C) – old record of 21.4°C set in 2023
- Sandspit (16.4°C) – old record of 15.6°C set in 1975
- Sechelt (26°C) – old record of 21.8°C set in 2016
- Squamish (29.9°C) – old record of 25°C set in 1992
- Tofino (25.7°C) – old record of 21.1°C set in 1944
- Victoria Airport (25.1°C) – old record of 25°C set in 1944
- Victoria Harbour (26.9°C) – old record of 25°C set in 1898
- West Vancouver (26.8°C) – old record of 25°C set in 1992
- Whistler (28.2°C) – old record of 24.7°C set in 2023
