Monday’s balmy weather hit a 91-year high.
The temperature reached 8.4, shattering the same-day record of 8.3 set on Jan. 17, 1921 at Coldstream Ranch.
“I’ve seen it before but that was warm for mid-January,” said Doug Lundquist, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.
“We were getting a warm flow of air.”
The normal daytime high for this time of year is – 2.
However, the spring-like weather has stalled briefly.
The daytime high was expected to be 0 Tuesday, and 0 is also forecast for today.
“Thursday and Friday will be plus 4 or 5 and that will persist throughout the weekend,” said Lundquist.
There’s a 60 percent chance of rain showers Thursday and periods of rain Friday.
On another matter, critical equipment for forecasting the weather is operating properly.
Late last month, Environment Canada was experiencing some equipment failure at its radar station on Silver Star Mountain.
“On Jan. 8, technicians got it restarted and the doppler part is going. It’s going good and strong,” said Lundquist.
“It appears it was a problem with the software. The bugs have been worked.”
Data collected by the radar station is primarily used by Southern Interior truckers and road maintenance companies in the winter.
“They can tell when a storm is coming,” said Lundquist.
