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.

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    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.

    That’s gonna be toasty!

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        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.

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            Well fuck me

            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.

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                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.

                timeanddate.com seems neutral and has good averages for BC as a whole. 10 years seems more fair if we’re doing the whole BC average.

                What are your thoughts?