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13 temperature records for Jan. 13 set across B.C.
Unusually warm temperatures felt around the province Tuesday have been confirmed in the record books.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, 13 areas across B.C. reported record-high temperatures for Jan. 14.
In Vancouver, a high of 13.8 degrees broke a 12-year record of 12.1 degrees. Richmond, too, had not seen such a hot Jan. 14 since 2014.
The oldest records broken on Tuesday were reported in Terrace and Dawson Creek, which both blew past the 6.7-degree heat felt in 1933, to 9.6 and 7.9 degrees, respectively.
Tuesday’s complete list of record-setting temperatures in degrees Celcius is as follows:
BELLA BELLA AREA
- New record of 12.7
- Old record of 10.8 set in 1984
- Records in this area have been kept since 1977
BURNS LAKE AREA
- New record of 8.5
- Old record of 5.3 set in 1982
- Records in this area have been kept since 1949
CHETWYND AREA
- New record of 9.2
- Old record of 7.5 set in 1982
- Records in this area have been kept since 1970
DAWSON CREEK AREA
- New record of 7.9
- Old record of 6.7 set in 1933
- Records in this area have been kept since 1926
DEASE LAKE AREA
- New record of 6.8
- Old record of 6.4 set in 1986
- Records in this area have been kept since 1944
GIBSONS AREA
- New record of 13.7
- Old record of 12.6 set in 2023
- Records in this area have been kept since 1949
KITIMAT AREA
- New record of 9.3
- Old record of 7.0 set in 1994
- Records in this area have been kept since 1951
POWELL RIVER AREA
- Tied record of 12.0 set in 1986
- Records in this area have been kept since 1924
RICHMOND AREA
- New record of 14.1
- Old record of 12.1 set in 2014
- Records in this area have been kept since 1896
SANDSPIT AREA
- New record of 13.6
- Old record of 11.2 set in 2025
- Records in this area have been kept since 1945
SECHELT AREA
- New record of 13.7
- Old record of 12.6 set in 2023
- Records in this area have been kept since 1956
TERRACE AREA
- New record of 9.6
- Old record of 6.7 set in 1933
- Records in this area have been kept since 1912
VANCOUVER AREA
- New record of 13.8
- Old record of 12.1 set in 2014
- Records in this area have been kept since 1896
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