Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia’s Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid-30s this weekend.
The forecaster issued heat warnings Friday covering portions of the province’s Interior, saying the hot weather was expected to persist through Sunday.
The agency says daytime temperatures are expected to reach 38 C in the Boundary region, while temperatures in the south and central Okanagan, south and north Thompson, and Fraser Canyon regions will reach up to 36 C.
50 C would take a lot of roasting to get to; we’re pretty far north and there’s a lot of vegetation. It might be a couple decades. With the heat domes hitting Texas, they’re still just peeking at 45 C in non-desert areas, but low 40s would be devastating up here, and we could see that in the next 10 years.
EDIT: You’re actually underselling it. It hit 49.6 C
So, it pretty much already has hit 50 in BC. It’ll probably break 50 next time a heat dome hits.
Lytton really shouldn’t count when talking about BC as a whole though. I still stand by it being a couple decades before we see 50 C across large regions.
Well, I can set an appointment in my calendar, if we can agree on terms. We might as well have some fun at the end of the world. 🙃
I like 5 years for timeframe (that would be end of summer 2028), and >50 C vs. ≤50 C for temperature.
I’m good for up to 100 CAD.
I’d be good with defining the measurement as monthly average high temperature for the southern half of BC, but I can’t see anywhere that does that. I feel like including the top half tips things in my favor.
And I think we can define the a fair win condition thusly: if timeanddate.com reports an average high for a month in BC as a whole or in any regional district greater than 50 C before October 2028, you win; otherwise I win.
The loser donates 50 CAD to a food bank of the winner’s choice.
Historic weather links that’ll be useful for checking the data (change the URL for the month & year you’re checking):
I’m referring to the “High & Low Weather Summary” table. I’m sure we’ll both just be watching to see what happens in Thompson-Nicola regional district.
This seems fair to me, because we both of pretty good odds of winning. With how extreme the weather events are getting and how rapidly things are accelerating, there’s a good chance that we could see a 5C increase in the high for Thompson-Nicola by October 2028, but maybe not, and any of the other districts could surprise us.
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