27 B.C. communities experience warmest Dec. 15 on record

A tractor drives over a flooded road caused by heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week in Abbotsford, B.C., Friday, November 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward (JONATHAN HAYWARD)

A frontal system that brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of B.C. also caused temperatures to rise, making Monday the warmest Dec. 15 on record in several communities, according to data from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

A total of 27 maximum daily temperature records were broken in the province, where many places experienced temperatures in the teens.

The warmest record-breaking temperature was recorded in Kamloops, where it reached 18.6 C on Monday, surpassing its previous Dec. 15 high of 13.3 C set in 1962.

The longest-standing record that fell was that of Revelstoke, where a reading of 8.2 C beat a record of 6.7 C set 108 years ago in 1917.

The full list of temperature records follows below:

• Agassiz: Preliminary new record of 15.6 C, old record of 14.4 C set in 1962
• Cache Creek: Preliminary new record of 15.0 C, old record of 10.6 C set in 1956
• Clearwater: Preliminary new record of 11.3 C, old record of 8.0 C set in 2002
• Clinton: Preliminary new record of 9.1 C, old record of 8.9 C set in 1976
• Comox: Preliminary new record of 16.9 C, old record of 15.6 C set in 1976
• Duncan: Preliminary new record of 16.4 C, old record of 14.4 C set in 1956
• Hope: Preliminary new record of 15.2 C, old record of 14.4 set in 1976
• Kamloops: Preliminary new record of 18.6 C, old record of 13.3 C set in 1962
• Nakusp: Preliminary new record of 8.9 C, old record of 7.5 C set in 1980
• Pemberton: Preliminary new record of 15.8 C, old record of 7.8 set in 1976
• Pitt Meadows: Preliminary new record of 15.2 C, old record of 13.3 C set in 1939
• Port Alberni: Preliminary new record of 14.2 C, old record of 13.3 C set in 1976
• Powell River: Preliminary new record of 14.9 C, old record of 12.2 C set in 1962
• Qualicum Beach: Preliminary new record of 16.2 C, old record of 15.6 C set in 1976
• Quesnel: Preliminary new record of 10.7 C, old record of 10.6 C set in 1962
• Revelstoke: Preliminary new record of 8.2 C, old record of 6.7 C set in 1917
• Richmond: Preliminary new record of 15.7 C, old record of 13.3 C set in 1962
• Salmon Arm: Preliminary new record of 12.5 C, old record of 9.5 C set in 2002
• Sechelt: Preliminary new record of 14.5 C, old record of 12.5 C set in 1980
• Squamish: Preliminary new record of 14.2 C, old record of 12.2 C set in 1962
• Vancouver: Preliminary new record of 15.7 C, old record of 13.3 C set in 1962
• Vernon: Preliminary new record of 10.9 C, old record of 10.3 C set in 2002
• Victoria Gonzales Point: Preliminary new record of 14.6 C, old record of 13.9 C set in 1962
• Victoria: Preliminary new record of 16.8 C, old record of 14.3 C set in 1999
• West Vancouver: Preliminary new record of 13.2 C, old record of 11.0 C set in 1980
• Whistler: Preliminary new record of 10.4 C, old record of 9.4 C set in 1976
• White Rock: Preliminary new record of 14.7 C, old record of 13.3 C set in 1976