Residents in the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District felt the heat over the past 10 days after temperatures jumped to near 30 degrees.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Matt Loney says this was caused by an upper ridge that affected northern B.C.
“The northwest part of B.C. was one of the warmer spots which is a bit unusual in the province consistently over the past week or so,” he added.
The ridge also saw other parts of the province rise in temperature but for a shorter period of time.
In those 10 days, the warmest temperatures were on July 15th and 20th with a high of 29 degrees.
No daytime high temperatures were broken in that time but July 22nd saw a new warmest low temperature at 15 degrees.
The previous record was 14.4 degrees set in 2002.
An extreme heat warning also wasn’t issued in that time but there were a couple of days that retrospectively fit the criteria.
“The overnight low was 13.3 on the 21st and 15 on the 22nd so you could argue a heat warning was missed on those occasions because the criteria would have been met as a marginal case,” said Loney.
Lows have to be above 13 degrees in a 48 hour period along with highs above 28 degrees is required for an extreme heat warning.
Temperatures near 20 degrees are expected over the next few days with slightly warmer temperatures expected next week.
A full forecast for the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District can be found on Environment Canada’s website.
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