It was just last week when much of the province endured a fresh snowfall in the middle of March.
However, weather trends appear to have suddenly shifted, with a mini-March heatwave now taking over the province.
A whopping 32 record high temperature marks were eclipsed on Monday, March 18, with thermometres soaring pass 20°C in many regions across the province.
32 temperature records were broken yesterday, 18th March, across #BC and the #Yukon. Click the link for details. https://t.co/1yqisRyNbq
— ECCC Weather British Columbia (@ECCCWeatherBC) March 19, 2019
Here’s a look at the towns and cities that saw historic high temperatures:
- Abbotsford: 23°C (Previous record 19.2°C, set in 1996)
- Cassiar: 10.3°C (Previous record 6°C, set in 1981)
- Chetwynd: 15.5°C (Previous record 13.9°C, set in 2015)
- Chilliwack: 22.8°C (Previous record 20°C, set in 1896)
- Clinton: 12.4°C (Previous record 7.9°C, set in 2007)
- Dease Lake: 12.6°C (Previous record 9.7°C, set in 1995)
- Esquimalt: 18.3°C (Previous record 17.2°C set in 1914)
- Fort Nelson: 16.6°C (Previous record 10.6°C, set in 1960)
- Hope: 22.8°C (Previous record 20.6°C, set in 1947)
- Hope Slide area: 15.2°C (Previous record 14°C, set in 1983)
- Mackenzie: 12.1°C (Previous record 10.7°C , set in 2018)
- Malahat: 18.5°C (Previous record 17°C, set in 1990)
- Masset: 15°C, tied with record set in 1900
- Muncho Lake area: 13.9°C (Previous record 10°C, set in 1995)
- Nanaimo: 18.5°C (Previous record 16.1°C set in 1928)
- Pemberton 17.6°C (Previous record 16.5°C, set in 1988)
- Pitt Meadows: 21.1°C (Previous record 20.7°C, set in 1996)
- Port Alberni: 21.4°C (Previous record 20°C, set in 1911)
- Powell River: 16.5°C (Previous record 15.6°C, set in 1947)
- Prince Rupert: 16.5°C (Previous record 15.3°C, set in 1981)
- Sechelt: 18°C (Previous record 14°C, set in 1981)
- Squamish: 23.5°C (Previous record 18°C, set in 1996)
- Victoria Gonzales: 18.8°C (Previous record 17.2°C set in 1914)
- Victoria Harbour: 17.1°C (Previous record 14.6°C set in 2016)
- White Rock: 20.6°C (Previous record 19.9°C, set in 1996)
- Williams Lake area: 14.9°C (Previous record 12.2°C set in 1997)
The hottest spot in Canada was in Squamish, B.C., where the mercury hit a very pleasant temp of 23.5°C.
There's potential for even more records to be set this week, with Environment Canada predicting several more days of warm temps.
Tomorrow, March 20, is the first day of spring!



