The stormy weather that has caused flooding in B.C. this week has also brought record-breaking warm air with it. A summary released by Environment and Climate Change Canada Thursday lists 32 different high temperature records that were either broken or tied on Wednesday, though some of the records appear to be counted multiple times. B.C.’s capital and its largest city were among the communities that saw their warmest Remembrance Day on record Wednesday. The mercury rose to 16.7 C in Victoria, breaking the previous record high for Nov. 11 of 15 C, which was set in 1977. In Vancouver, Wednesday’s high was 17 C, eclipsing the previous mark of 16.3 C, set 30 years ago in 1996. The warmest record-breaking temperature seen Wednesday was in Cache Creek, where the high was 21.5 C, more than four degrees warmer than the previous mark of 17 C set in 1981. Abbotsford (20.1 C) and Lillooet (20.3 C) were the only other communities where Wednesday’s high surpassed 20 C and broke the local record for Nov. 11. Lillooet also holds the distinction of having the oldest record eclipsed on Wednesday. The community’s previous record high for Nov. 11 was 19.4 C, a mark set 109 years ago in 1917. One other century-old record was broken Wednesday, this one in Salmon Arm, where the high of 15.8 C surpassed the 105-year-old previous mark of 14.4 C, set in 1921. The full list of temperature records broken or tied on Wednesday, as reported by ECCC, follows. The records ECCC reports are “derived from a selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were active during the period of record,” according to the summary.
