The snow has melted across nearly all of B.C., as the province felt record-breaking warmth for a fourth straight day Wednesday.
In the Okanagan, Princeton beat a 1998 record of 17 C with 17.9 C, Summerland beat 14.6 C from 2001 with 14.8 C and Kelowna hitting 16.3 C, compared to 16.2 in 1988.
Hope and Squamish tied for the hottest spots in the country, according to Environment Canada, both reaching 25.9 C.
The oldest record fell in Victoria’s harbour, where mercury reached 20.2 C to beat 14.4 C in 1878.
Despite the sunshine, temperatures still dip below freezing at night. Blue River, located about halfway between Kamloops and Jasper, Alta., reached a high of 17.7 C and a low of -10 C, making it the coldest place in B.C.
The national weather agency is calling for another mainly sunny day Thursday, before cooler temperatures make way through Vancouver Island and the south coast, across to the north. Saturday is likely to see rain in the Interior and Lower Mainland.
Records broken on Wednesday:
Abbotsford: 24.7 C (22.2 C in 1960)
Atlin: 14 C (9 C in 2016)
Agassiz: 25. 8 C (20 C in 1999)
Bella Coola: 23.1 C (21.7 C in 1986)
Blue River: 17.7 C (14.1 in 2010)
Burns Lake: 17.1 C (14.1 C in 2010)
Campbell River: 21.6 C (17.1 C in 1979)
Cassiar: 12.7 C (5 C in 1968)
Cathedral Point: 17 C (11.5 C in 1999)
Chetwynd: 17.5 C (17.2 C in 1986)
Chilliwack: 25.1 C (23.9 C in 1915)
Clearwater: 19.4 C (18.3 C in 1915)
Clinton: 16.4 C (9.9 in 2003)
Comox Valley: 19.6 C (15.8 C in 1986)
Creston: 15.5 C (14.6 C in 1999)
Dease Lake: 14.8 C (10 C in 1998)
Entrance Island: 14.2 C (13.3 C in 2010)
Esquimalt Harbour: 21.2 C (18.5 C in 1999)
Estevan Point: 15.7 C (15.1 in 1999)
Fort Nelson: 17.3 C (16.7 C in 1947)
Fort St. John: 13.7 C (13.3 C in 1910)
Hope: 25.9 C (22.2 C in 1960)
Grey Islet: 13.6 C (11.7 C in 1998)
Howe Sound: 17.8 C (16.4 C in 1992)
Kelowna: 16.3 C (16.2 C in 1988)
Kitimat: 17.8 C (13.3 C in 1906)
Kindakun Rocks: 16.1 C (12 C in 2016)
Lillooet: 20.6 C (16.4 C in 1999)
Lucy Islands Lightstation: 13. 6 C (12 C in 2016)
Lytton: 21.7 C (20.6 C in 1947)
Mackenzie: 21.7 C (20.6 C in 1947)
Malahat: 21.1 C (16.6 C in 1999)
Masset: 16.8 C (12.2 C in 1906)
McBride: 18.7 C (17.2 C in 1960)
Nakusp: 14.8 C (13.5 C in 2010)
Nanaimo: 20.6 C (18.3 C in 1960)
Nelson: 16.3 C (14.8 C in 1999)
Pemberton: 19.3 C (16.6 C in 1998)
Pitt Meadows: 23.8 C (21 C in 1998)
Point Atkison: 16.7 C (16 C in 1998)
Port Hardy: 18.7 C (15.6 C in 1960)
Powell River: 18.3 C (15.6 C in 1960)
Princeton: 17.9 C (17.0 C in 1998)
Puntzi Mountain: 15.6 C (12.5 C in 1978)
Race Rocks Lightstation: 17.4 C (14.2 C in 1997)
Sandspit: 12.7 C (11.9 C in 2015)
Sartine Island: 18.1 C (11.5 C in 2010)
Saturna Capmom: 17.6 C (13.5 C in 2010)
Saturna Island: 14.4 C (14 C in 1981)
Sechelt: 20.4 C (17 C in 1986)
Sheringham Point: 18.9 C (14 C in 2018)
Sisters Islets: 15 C (13 C in 2010)
Solander Island: 18.1 C (14.3 C in 2004)
Squamish Airport: 25.9 C (20.1 C in 1999)
Summerland: 14.8 C (14.6 C in 2001)
Tatlayoko Lake: 19.3 C (12.7 C in 2010)
Terrace: 17.3 C (17 C in 1986)
Tofino: 18.6 C (18.3 C in 1914)
Victoria: 21.4 C (19.4 C in 1914)
Victoria Gonzales: 20.9 C (20 C in 1914)
University of Victoria: 19.5 C (16.8 C in 1999)
Victoria harbour: 20.2 C (14.4 C in 1878)
Vernon: 15.8 C (15.6 C in 1915)
West Vancouver: 21.6 C (18.8 C in 1999)
White Rock: 19.8 C (17.8 C in 1968)
Whistler: 17.1 C (16.6 C in 1986)
Williams Lake: 17.8 C (14.6 C in 1999)
Yoho National Park: 13.5 C (9.9 C in 1998)
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