Balmy winter Sunday in B.C. topples 38 temperature records [Video]

Balmy B.C. weather continued Sunday, setting dozens of temperature records across the province just a couple of days before spring’s official arrival.

Environment Canada said a ridge of high pressure brought warm temperatures to B.C. this weekend, and well above-normal conditions are forecast to continue this week.

Sunday, like Saturday, saw 38 records fall, and, depending on the location, some fell by a fairly wide margin while others were 100 or more years old.

Fifteen cities saw the mercury rise about 20 C, and the warmest among the record-breaking cities was Merritt, where the daytime high temperature reached 23.2 C, surpassing a record of 19.4, set in 1972.

Hot on its heels was Quesnel, which set a new record of 22.8, surpassing the record of 17.2 set in 1902.

Pitt Meadows and Princeton reached a high 0f 22.5 C, breaking previous records of 19.5 C and 20.6 C, respectively.

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