Agassiz-Harrison is feeling the heat.
Agassiz was recorded as the hottest place in Canada for at least the second time in just as many years on Tuesday, July 26. Eagle-eyed weather enthusiast Darren Kennedy pointed out via social media that Environment Canada recorded a balmy 24.9 C in Agassiz at roughly 6 a.m. on Tuesday, making it not only the hottest place in B.C. at that time but the hottest place in the entire country. Local high temperatures reached 36.1 C as of about 5 p.m. Tuesday, breaking the 1998 record of 33.5 C.
The coldest temperature in the province at that time was recorded at Burns Lake Airport at a chilly 7.1 C. Canada-wide, it was -0.9 C at Canada Forces Station Alert in Nunavut.
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Last year, on Aug. 12 at about 11 p.m., Agassiz’s temperatures reached 30.6 C, making it a provincial and national hotspot. At that point, Yoho National Park (13 C) was the coolest area in B.C. Earlier that summer, Agassiz broke an all-time temperature record twice in one week – on June 27, temperatures topped 40.4 C, breaking a 2015 record by seven degrees and all records for the area stretching back 120 years. The following day, on June 27, temperatures again broke all-time records when they reached 41.1 C.
On Nov. 19 2019, Agassiz was the hottest place not in the country but in the province at 13.8 C, significantly warmer than the coldest area at the time, Fort Nelson, which saw temps dip down to -18 C.
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