Tie no more: Canada's all-time September heat record now belongs to one
The all-time heat record for September in Canada now has just one titleholder: Ashcroft, B.C., after nudging out its three predecessors with a preliminary reading of 40.8°C on Wednesday
It has been a hot, record-breaking week and start to September in B.C.
On Tuesday, Lytton, B.C., tied and then shared the all-time September high with Morden, Man. (1906), and Lost River, Sask. (1940). The three communities had all recorded values of 40.0°C.
Well, that was a short-lived, three-way tie for the title.
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An exceptionally warm temperature was reached in B.C. again on Wednesday, this time in Ashcroft, which is now atop on its own to claim the warmest temperature on record in Canada for September.
The B.C. community just barely nudged out the previous record of 40.0°C, hitting a preliminary value of 40.8°C on Wednesday, taking over as the solo community to have earned the country's hottest temperature on record for September.
Lytton's 40-degree reading on Tuesday also usurped the previous B.C. September record, a recognition it held (39.6°C), as well, in 2022. The month’s hottest reading on record down in Vancouver was a 29.3°C day back in 1988.
Also on Tuesday, both Lillooet (38.8°C) and Ashcroft (38.3°C) set monthly temperature records, but the temperatures on Tuesday ticked even higher for Ashcroft.
Tuesday's high temperatures
Lytton: 40.0°C
Ashcroft: 39.1°C
Princeton: 38.8°C
Kamloops: 36.8°C
Lillooet: 36.5°C
With files from Tyler Hamilton, a meteorologist at The Weather Network, and Nathan Howes, a digital journalist at The Weather Network.