Unusually cold weather to continue through long weekend in Kamloops, Okanagan

Normally at this time of year in Kamloops and the Okanagan daytime high temperatures are around 4 Celsius with overnight lows dipping to -2 C.

The past week has been much colder than normal and will continue to b so through the Remembrance Day and the weekend, according to Environment Canada.

High temperatures are only expected to reach -7 C in Kamloops today, Nov. 10, and -5 C in Kelowna. Vernon is expected to be a couple of degrees colder but Penticton fares better with a high today forecast at -1 C and reaching the freezing level tomorrow.

Temperatures in most of the region are expected to reach highs in the -4 C to -5 C range through the weekend with some warming coming early next week.

There will be a mix of sun and cloud for the next few days with a 30% chance of snow flurries on Friday.

Overnight lows are expected to dip to -9 C tonight and -11 C tomorrow night, throughout the region.

While it’s chilly, this is far from record cold in Kamloops and the Okanagan. Kamloops, for example, reached -13.2 C on this day in 1986 and 17.4 C in 1989.

The Thompson-Okanagan is better off than much of B.C. and Alberta.

Thirteen B.C. cities set record cold temperatures yesterday including Salmon Arm at -12 C, breaking its Nov. 9, 1911 record cold of -10.6, and Clearwater at -13.6 C broke the previous record of -13.5 C set in 1986.

Abbotsford got down to -4.6 C and Dawson Creek dipped to a record cold -29.7 C.

There were 33 record low temperatures recorded in Alberta with Sundre being the coldest of them at -32 C.

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