Unseasonably warm fall snaps heat record in Vernon

Despite unseasonably high temperatures in the Thompson-Okanagan for much of September the region hasn't broken any daily high records recently as has happened in many B.C. and Alberta communities.

That changed yesterday, Sept. 27, when Vernon set a new high temperature for the day at 27.3 Celsius, breaking the 1967 record of 26.1 C.

Clinton in the Cariboo region hit 24 C yesterday, breaking its 1991 record of 23.

There were eight daytime high temperature records broken in B.C. yesterday and 11 in Alberta.

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Osoyoos was the hot spot in the Thompson-Okanagan yesterday at 28.8 C, beating out Kamloops at 28.6 C and Lytton – typically the hot spot for the region – at 28 C.

Kelowna reached 26.8 C yesterday and Penticton a mere 24.3 C.

On Monday, 20 records fell in B.C., mostly along the Coast and in the North.

Earlier this month, on Sept. 1, Kamloops broke its record for the day, hitting 35.1 C, surpassing the previous record of 33.9 C set in 1909.

The forecast for today and tomorrow is for a mix of sun and cloud with highs of 28 C in Kamloops and 24 C in the Okanagan.

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