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It's officially sunscreen season in B.C. as a blanket of heat covers several regions across the province.
According to Environment Canada, several record high temperatures marks were eclipsed on Thursday, with thermometres pushing well past the 30-degree mark.
The hottest spot in Canada on Thursday was Warfield, B.C. in the southern Interior where the mercury hit 41°C.
Several more heat records were set in the southern Interior on Thursday, being part of the 24 total new records set for the date:
For the full list of new records for August 9, visit Environment Canada's website by clicking here.
There's potential for even more records to fall today, with several heat warnings in effect across southern B.C., including Metro Vancouver, Kamloops and Kelowna.