The balmy weather we enjoyed during Remembrance Day in Prince George led to a 45-year-old temperature record being smashed according to Environment Canada.
Yesterday (Wednesday), PG reached a high of 17.7 degrees breaking the old mark of 17.4 set back in 1981.
Meteorologist, Morgan Shull told MyPGNow.com the warm ridge came from south of the border.
“It had roots down into tropical air. Like, I was looking at the tail end of the system and it was just north of Hawaii, so we had quite a push of warm subtropical, tropical air pumping up.”
Shull added the balmy conditions will last into the weekend before a shift to cooler temperatures next week.
“Over the next few days, you’re right, we’re going to stay pretty mild. Averages this time of year in the Prince George region are actually highs of only 1 degree with lows around -6. So we’re seeing temperatures, for example, like tomorrow highs around 10, Saturday highs around 8, Sunday 8—staying very nice and pleasant and warm for this time of year.”
“Going into next week, we start seeing those temperatures drop down, so Monday highs of 6, and then by Wednesday highs of only 0. We’re actually starting to see some high pressure kind of drift down and more of those temperatures coming down from the north versus the south.”
Prince George was one of 32 communities across B.C. to set a new temperature record.
The list includes Quesnel, Williams Lake, Cache Creek, Dawson Creek, and Chetwynd.
Records in the Prince George area have been kept since 1912.
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