Another day under a sweltering heat wave, another day of setting new records for BC weather.
On Friday, eight communities in the interior of British Columbia reached new maximum daytime temperatures for July 29.
Record temperatures ranged from near 35 degrees to just over 42 degrees.
Read more: More British Columbia weather records broken as heat wave continues to scorch most of province
And there could be more records set this weekend, as Environment Canada isn’t predicting colder temperatures until Monday.
“A strong ridge of high pressure continues to bring a heat wave to British Columbia this weekend,” Environment Canada said.
“A gradual cooling is expected at the beginning of next week. Current guidance indicates temperatures will return to seasonal normals on Tuesday.”
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3:25 Kelowna Weather Forecast: July 29 Kelowna Weather Forecast: July 29
The communities that set a new daily temperature record for July 29 are below.
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Cache Creek (Ashcroft)
- Preliminary new record of 41.2
- Old record of 39.2 set in 2018
Clinton
- Preliminary new record of 34.7
- Old record of 33.3 set in 2018
Kamloops
- Preliminary new record of 37.9
- Old record of 37.6 set in 1998
Lillooet
- Preliminary new record of 40.1
- Old record of 39.8 set in 2018
Lytton
- Preliminary new record of 42.2
- Old record of 41.4 set in 2018
Merit
- Preliminary new record of 37.2
- Old record of 37.0 set in 2003
Nelson
- Preliminary new record of 38.6
- Old record of 38.5 set in 2003
path
- Preliminary new record of 40.0
- Old record of 39.3 set in 2014
As well as continuing heat warnings for almost every part of the province except the far north, there are also five air quality statements for five regions.
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The Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver are under an air quality advisory for ground-level ozone, while smog bulletins have been issued for the Fraser Canyon, plus the South Okanagan and South Thompson.
1:51 BC Evening Weather Forecast: July 29 BC Evening Weather Forecast: July 29
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