It was a hot long weekend across B.C. and the numbers back it up.
According to Environment Canada, 44 temperatures records were broken on Sunday and Monday, with most coming on what was a scorching holiday Monday.
Only seven of those were set on Sunday, with Nelson leading the way with a high temperature of 35.8°C, shattering its previous record of 32.2°C in 1931.
Things really ramped up on Monday as 22 daily maximum temperature records were set, but that wasn’t all.
Another 15 daily minimum temperatures were broken on Monday as temperatures didn’t fall below 15°C in a number of cities and towns.
Malahat and Lilloet didn’t even fall below 20°C, while other records broken included Hope at 19.4°C, Cache Creek at 18.1°C and Penticton at 17.6°C.
Here’s a full list of temperature records broken over the Labour Day long weekend:
Sunday, Sept. 3rd, 2017 - Daily Maximum Temperature Records
- Nelson 35.8 (old record 32.2 in 1931)
- Cranbrook 34.6 (old record 33.9 in 1950)
- Comox/Courtenay 31.1 (old record 29.7 in 1988)
- Victoria Airport 29.9 (old record 29.2 in 1988)
- Gibsons 29.7 (old record 27.0 in 1995)
- Sechelt 29.7 (old record 26.5 in 1983)
- Tofino 26.0 (old record 25.6 in 2003)
Monday, Sept. 4th, 2017 - Daily Maximum Temperature Records
- Abbotsford 36.4 (old record 30.6 in 1951)
- Agassiz 36.8 (old record 33.3 in 1955)
- Bella Bella 27.6 (old record 22.7 in 2013)
- Chilliwack 36.8 (old record 33.3 in 1955)
- Comox/Courtenay 31.7 (old record 28.9 in 1949)
- Esquimalt 30.1 (old record 27.8 in 1951)
- Gibsons 33.0 (old record 28.3 in 1949)
- Gonzales Point 30.1 (old record 27.8 in 1949)
- Hope 37.6 (old record 35.6 in 1955)
- Malahat 32.1 (old record 30.6 in 2003)
- Pemberton 35.8 (old record 35.1 in 2003)
- Pitt Meadows 34.4 (old record 30.0 in 1949)
- Port Alberni 36.8 (old record 35.6 in 1909)
- Port Hardy 23.2 (old record 21.1 in 1973)
- Powell River 29.9 (old record 27.8 in 2003)
- Revelstoke 32.1 (old record 31.1 in 1944)
- Sechelt 33.0 (old record 25.0 in 2003)
- Squamish 38.2 (old record 28.5 in 1990)
- Trail 35.1 (old record 35.0 in 1998)
- Vernon 32.5 (old record 31.5 in 1988)
- Victoria 31.2 (old record 31.1 in 1955)
- White Rock 30.8 (old record 30.0 in 1949)
Monday, Sept. 4th, 2017 - Daily Minimum Temperature Records
- Cache Creek 18.1 (old record 17.2 in 2012)
- Campbell River 16.5 (old record 14.1 in 2007)
- Comox/Courtenay 16.0 (old record 15.2 in 1995)
- Creston 16.9 (old record 16.1 in 1961)
- Esquimalt 15.3 (old record 15.0 in 1877)
- Estevan Point 15.0 (old record 14.0 in 1988)
- Gonzales Point 15.3 (old record 15.0 in 1877)
- Gulf Islands 17.2 (old record 15.6 in 1966)
- Hope 19.4 (old record 16.1 in 1974)
- Lilloet 20.0 (old record 18.4 in 1998)
- Lytton 18.9 (old record 18.3 in 1939)
- Malahat 20.5 (old record 17.5 in 2003)
- Penticton 17.6 (old record 17.4 in 1995)
- Sparwood 12.1 (old record 12.0 in 1997)
- Victoria Harbour 15.3 (old record 15.0 in 1877)
