Twenty communities across British Columbia set or tied their record daytime high temperatures Tuesday.
Locally, the mercury in Pitt Meadows soared to 34 Celsius, Abbotsford hit 33 C, and West Vancouver got up to 32.1 C.
The national hotspot was Lytton, at 36.9 C — but this was not a record high for that area.
Wednesday is set to be a cooler day overall.
The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record Tuesday (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):
ABBOTSFORD AREANew record of 33.0Old record of 30.2 set in 1992Records in this area have been kept since 1944
AGASSIZ AREANew record of 32.9Old record of 31.5 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1889
BELLA BELLA AREANew record of 27.6Old record of 25.1 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1977
CHETWYND AREATied record of 28.7 set in 2014Records in this area have been kept since 1970
COMOX AREANew record of 31.5Old record of 28.9 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1914
COURTENAY AREANew record of 31.5Old record of 28.9 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1914
DUNCAN AREANew record of 32.9Old record of 30.6 set in 1940Records in this area have been kept since 1913
FORT ST. JOHN AREANew record of 28.8Old record of 27.8 set in 1955Records in this area have been kept since 1910
HOPE AREANew record of 34.0Old record of 32.3 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1936
KITIMAT AREANew record of 29.6Old record of 29.4 set in 1958Records in this area have been kept since 1951
MACKENZIE AREANew record of 28.9Old record of 28.2 set in 2004Records in this area have been kept since 1971
NANAIMO AREANew record of 32.2Old record of 31.1 set in 1992Records in this area have been kept since 1892
PITT MEADOWS AREANew record of 34.0Old record of 31.0 set in 1992Records in this area have been kept since 1874
PORT HARDY AREANew record of 24.2Old record of 21.1 set in 1961Records in this area have been kept since 1944
POWELL RIVER AREANew record of 31.6Old record of 28.9 set in 1926Records in this area have been kept since 1924
QUALICUM BEACH AREANew record of 32.2Old record of 27.5 set in 1992Records in this area have been kept since 1962
SECHELT AREANew record of 32.4Old record of 26.1 set in 1958Records in this area have been kept since 1956
SQUAMISH AREANew record of 34.1Old record of 29.6 set in 2023Records in this area have been kept since 1960
TOFINO AREANew record of 28.9Old record of 27.4 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1896
VICTORIA GONZALES POINT AREANew record of 30.4Old record of 26.6 set in 2017Records in this area have been kept since 1874
WEST VANCOUVER AREANew record of 32.1Old record of 29.5 set in 1989Records in this area have been kept since 1976