Heat records fall in Kelowna and Penticton

Five of seven high temperature records tied or broken on Thanksgiving Monday were in the Thompson and Okanagan regions.

Kelowna had a high temperature of 25.3 Celsius yesterday, Oct. 10, breaking the old record of 23.5 C set in 1991.

Penticton was slightly warmer, 25.6 C, breaking its old record of 23.4 C, also set in 1991.

Summerland only hit 24.5 C, which tied its 1991 record.

Cache Creek was much warmer, at 28.2 C, shattering its 1945 record of 24.4 C while Clinton came in at 22.6 C, breaking its 1991 record of 20.5 C. The other two records were in Pemberton and Sechelt.

The unseasonably warm weather is expected to continue through next weekend, at least.

Following a windy day yesterday, the Environment Canada forecast calls for unbroken sunshine in Kamloops and the Okanagan with highs in the 20 C to 23 C range in Kamloops, 19 C to 21 C in the Okanagan.

Normal highs for this time of year are 13 C in the Okanagan and 14 C in Kamloops.

Overnight lows will also be much higher than the normal of 3 C for this time of year, ranging from 5 C to 8 C in the Okanagan 7 C to 9 C in Kamloops.

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