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By Noah Rishaug

Spicy Weather

Kamloops breaks heat records, becomes Canada’s hottest city.

Apr 30, 2023 | 12:12 PM

KAMLOOPS — On saturday. A high of thirty one degrees was recorded at the Kamloops Airport on saturday, making it the hottest place in Canada that day.

Kamloops shattered its old record of 28.3ºC set in 1957, where the Kamloops airport read in at a high of 31.6ºC degrees today.

The sand bars lining the North Shore and Riverside park were filled with towels, and umbrellas, as beachgoers got out of the heat and into the water, getting an early start to their summer.

This marks the first time that Kamloops has broken the thirty-degree barrier this year, the second time for all of Canada, following the Mid-April Ontario heatwave.

Kamloops was not alone in its record setting, as communities across the lower mainland, island, and the southern BC interior all broke their historic records for the day.

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Victoria broke its record of 21.1ºC and reached 22ºC, Merritt broke its record of 27.2ºC with 29.4ºC, and Abbotsford broke its record of 24.4ºC, where the mercury rose to 25.7ºC on saturday. These are a few among 19 cities that experienced a new high today.

Temperatures are expected to remain warm throughout sunday into the week, where they are then expected to cool off going into the following weekend.