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Heat records broken around B.C.

Scorching temperatures reached throughout the province on Labour Day
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Temperature records have been broken all over the province on an especially hot Labour Day.

The warmest place of the day in B.C. was Squamish, which hit a high of 38.2 C and smashed the previous record of 28.5 back in 1990.

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Here’s a look at some of the other hot spots:

  • Abbotsford 36.4 C (old record 30.6 in 1951)
  • Agassiz 36.8 C (33.3 in 1955)
  • Bella Bella 27.6 C (22.7 in 2013)
  • Comox/Courtenay 31.7 C (28.9 in 1949)
  • Gonzales Point (Victoria) 30.1 C (27.8 in 1949)
  • Hope 37.6 C (35.6 in 1955)
  • Malahat 32.1 C (30.6 in 2003)
  • Pemberton 35.8 C (35.1 in 2003)
  • Pitt Meadows 34.3 C (30.0 in 1949)
  • Port Alberni 36.8 C (35.6 in 1909)
  • Port Hardy 21.8 C (21.2 in 1973)
  • Powell River 29.9 C (old record 27.8 in 2003)
  • Revelstoke 31.5 C (old record 31.1 in 1944)
  • Squamish 38.2 C (old record 28.5 in 1990)
  • Trail 35.1 C (35.0 in 1998)
  • Vernon 32.5 C (31.5 in 1988)
  • Victoria 31.2 C (31.1 in 1955)
  • White Rock 30.8 (30.0 in 1949)
  • Beaver Creek 23.1 (21.0 in 2013)