Cold weather breaks more records in Thompson-Okanagan

Photo: Nicole Richardson

While frigid temperatures are now easing, another 41 low temperature records were broken across B.C. yesterday.

Records fell right across the Thompson-Okanagan, with an exception in Vernon and the North Okanagan.

Temperatures are expected to gradually warm over the weekend before finally getting above zero on Monday in the Okanagan and Kamloops.

The warming temperatures are leading to warnings about severe freezing rain in the Lower Mainland over the next 36 hours and travel between the BC Interior and coast is not recommended.

A full list of preliminary broken records are below:

• Kelowna. New record of -29.0. Old record of -25.2 set in 1983
• Kamloops. New record of -30.2. Old record of -25.6 set in 1891
• Penticton. New record of -22.3. Old record of -15.8 set in 1983
• Osoyoos. New record of -21.8. Old record of -17.5 set in 1983
• Princeton. New record of -38.6. Old record of -35.3 set in 1983
• Summerland. New record of -23.0. Old record of -18.5 set in 1983
• Salmon Arm. New record of -30.2. Old record of -26.5 set in 1983

• Abbotsford. New record of -13.4. Old record of -11.7 set in 1970
• Agassiz. New record of -13.6. Old record of -13.5 set in 1990
• Blue River. New record of -39.8. Old record of -35.8 set in 1983
• Burns Lake. New record of -35.7. Old record of -34.9 set in 1983
• Cache Creek. New record of -30.0. Old record of -26.5 set in 1983
• Clearwater. New record of -34.5. Old record of -27.8 set in 1924
• Clinton. New record of -35.8. Old record of -27.0 set in 1983
• Cranbrook. New record of -34.0. Old record of -30.4 set in 1990
• Dawson Creek. New record of -41.8. Old record of -38.9 set in 1933
• Fort Nelson. New record of -43.6. Old record of -39.5 set in 1984
• Hope. New record of -17.2. Old record of -13.4 set in 1983
• Lillooet. New record of -26.7. Old record of -22.2 set in 1924
• Lytton. New record of -24.8. Old record of -20.6 set in 1983
• Mackenzie. New record of -38.8. Old record of -29.6 set in 1983
• Malahat. New record of -12.7. Old record of -8.5 set in 1990
• Nakusp. New record of -20.0. Old record of -19.5 set in 1983
• Nelson. New record of -20.3. Old record of -17.2 set in 1921
• Pitt Meadows. New record of -12.4. Old record of -12.2 set in 1879
• Port Alberni. New record of -13.6. Old record of -13.5 set in 1983
• Prince George. New record of -39.9. Old record of -38.9 set in 1924
• Puntzi Mountain. New record of -41.3. Old record of -32.4 set in 2008
• Quesnel. New record of -38.6. Old record of -31.1 set in 1921
• Revelstoke. New record of -26.6. Old record of -23.3 set in 1909
• Sechelt. New record of -11.2. Old record of -8.0 set in 1983
• Squamish. New record of -11.7. Old record of -11.0 set in 1990
• Tatlayoko. New record of -30.9. Old record of -27.8 set in 1964
• Trail. New record of -25.7. Old record of -24.0 set in 1983
• Vancouver. New record of -13.5. Old record of -11.5 set in 1983
• Victoria. New record of -8.4. Old record of -8.3 set in 1998
• Victoria Harbour. New record of -9.5. Old record of -7.8 set in 1983
• Whistler. New record of -21.4. Old record of -20.0 set in 1951
• White Rock. New record of -11.7. Old record of -9.6 set in 1998
• Williams Lake. New record of -36.0. Old record of -33.3 set in 1983
• Yoho (National Park). New record of -39.6. Old record of -36.0 set in 1990