Fraser Valley – This high ridge of warm temperatures has settled in for a few days. Environment Canada confirmed that we set records on Monday throughout the Province and in the Fraser Valley.
Expect digits in the low 20’s on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Chilliwack’s case, the old record was from the late 1800’s
ABBOTSFORD AREA NEW RECORD: 23.0 OLD RECORD: 19.2 SET IN 1996 RECORDS BEGAN IN 1944
CHILLIWACK AREA NEW RECORD: 22.8 OLD RECORD: 20.0 SET IN 1896 RECORDS BEGAN IN 1881
HOPE AREA NEW RECORD: 22.8 OLD RECORD: 20.6 SET IN 1947 RECORDS BEGAN IN 1936
32 temperature records were broken yesterday, 18th March, across #BC and the #Yukon. Click the link for details. https://t.co/1yqisRyNbq
— ECCC Weather British Columbia (@ECCCWeatherBC) March 19, 2019