B.C. weather: Record-setting heat as thermometer hits sweltering 40 C [Video]

It was a scorching Monday across British Columbia as the sun and hot temperatures seared the province.

No fewer than 25 communities set daily heat records for July 8, with another two tying their previous highs.

Leading the record-setting day was Lytton, where the mercury reached 42.4 C, obliterating the town’s old mark of 39.4 C, which was set in 1952.

It was also the nation’s hot spot on Monday.

Two other communities also reached the 40-degree mark — Lillooet, at 40.9 C, and Cache Creek, at 40.7 C — with two more on the cusp — Osoyoos at 39.7 C and Pemberton at 39.1 C.

Blue River

• New record: 35.5 C
• Old record: 34.5 C, set in 2015

Burns Lake

• New record: 32.6 C
• Old record: 31.8 C, set in 2010

Cache Creek

• New record: 40.7 C
• Old record: 40.3 C, set in 2015

Campbell River

• New record: 33.4 C
• Old record: 33.0 C, set in 2010

Castlegar

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