Useless Canadian Weather Stats and Facts

[Glacier]

Yesterday the temperature hit 36.7 degrees in Penticton, BC. The only place hotter in Canada was Ashcroft at 36.9C. Anyway, the 36.7C reading in Penticton beat the old record for June 8th, set back in the 1920s, by 4 degrees. In addition, this was the first that a temperature this hot has ever been recorded before the 18th of June in this south Okanagan city. This comes on the heels of one of the warmest springs on record.

Not all of Canada was that warm. In fact, the average temperature in Eureka, Nunavut, over this past Spring was -25.5C, which marks the coldest spring recorded in North America since 1992.

 

[petros]

Which record?

 

[MHz]

How much bigger is the city where the measurement was taken. Concrete and asphalt raise the temp all by itself.just by their thermal mass's ability to absorb and store heat.

 

[B00Mer]

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[Glacier]

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I only made one mistake, but only because the article I read first noted that. The record for penticton was from 2003. Urban heat effect has no bearing on the records. The airport is well out of town, and sits beside a lake and a golf course. Even rural stations which haven't gained population in 100 years shattered records yesterday...

AWCN11 CWVR 090118
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
6:18 P.M. PDT MONDAY 8 JUNE 2015.

AN UPPER RIDGE RESULTED IN SUNNY SKIES AND RECORD BREAKING HEAT OVER
MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR ON MONDAY 8TH OF JUNE.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES RECEIVED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF 6 P.M. PDT.

CASTLEGAR AIRPORT
NEW RECORD 35.3
OLD RECORD (2003) 31.0
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1916

CRANBROOK AIRPORT
NEW RECORD 32.6
OLD RECORD (1926) 32.2
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1901

CRESTON
NEW RECORD 35.4
OLD RECORD (1931) 33.9
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1912

KELOWNA
NEW RECORD 34.9
OLD RECORD (1948) 32.8
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1899

LILLOET [sic]
NEW RECORD 36.0
OLD RECORD (1931) 34.4
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1881

NAKUSP
NEW RECORD 35.5
OLD RECORD (1992) 29.9
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1992

OSOYOOS
NEW RECORD 36.1
OLD RECORD (2003) 34.4
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1954

PEMBERTON AIRPORT
NEW RECORD 34.5
OLD RECORD (2003) 32.0
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1908

PENTICTON
NEW RECORD 36.7
OLD RECORD (2003) 32.5
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1907

SALMON ARM
NEW RECORD 33.7
OLD RECORD (1908) 32.8
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893

SPARWOOD
NEW RECORD 30.3
OLD RECORD (1977) 27.8
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1969

SQUAMISH
NEW RECORD 30.6
OLD RECORD (1983) 27.6
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1960

SUMMERLAND
NEW RECORD 35.5
OLD RECORD (1948) 32.8
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1907

VERNON
NEW RECORD 34.2
OLD RECORD (1908) 31.1
RECORDS BEGAN IN 1900

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY MAY CONTAIN PRELIMINARY OR UNOFFICIAL
INFORMATION AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE OR FINAL REPORT.

END

 

[Kreskin]

It was a scorcher on Vancouver Island, particularly Sunday.

 

[damngrumpy]

There are all kinds of micro climates in the Okanagan for example yesterday
here on the farm in Glemore (Keowna) is was 37 and damn hot