Environment Canada says three temperature records were set in the southern Interior yesterday — in advance of today’s arrival of scorching conditions forecast for the region.
Penticton’s temperature of 36.7 easily broke a record for the day set in that city 54 years ago, while a setting of 37.5 broke a 40-year-old record in Princeton and fire-ravaged Lytton was again the hot spot at 40.3 degrees — edging a record set seven years ago.
The weather office warns heat, coupled with humidity could make conditions from Vancouver Island to the southern and central Interior feel like the mid- to high-30s — or even the low 40s in areas away from the water, challenging crews battling some of the nearly 270 wildfires currently burning in B-C.
The B-C Wildfire Service says there could be new growth today on the 174-square kilometre Nk’Mip Creek wildfire in the south Okanagan, while the 580-square kilometre White Rock Lake fire still threatens homes in several areas along the northeast shore of Okanagan Lake.
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