The scorching temperatures across northern BC are predicted to last into the August long-weekend.
Smithers could exceed the 30-degree mark on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
The warm spell should stick around for a while.
“We actually have a very strong ridge of high pressure that’s building and we’re looking at the next week or so as a stretch of very hot weather as well. It looks like at least the start of the month is going to be hot and dry,” says Alyssa Charbonneau, Environment Canada meteorologist.
The preliminary July totals are also out.
The average daily temperature in Smithers came in at 14.6, which is just shy of the normal monthly average of 15.2 degrees.
Smithers also saw 27.3 millimeters of rain during the month, that also fell well short of the monthly normal of 45.6.