Summer weather finally arrived in the qathet region in early July and has continued to cast warm temperatures across most of western Canada.
According to the Weatherhood app, today, Tuesday, July 16, temperatures will hit a high of 27 degrees celsius, but drop to 12 degrees overnight. Wednesday, July 17, the temperature will rise to a high of 29 degrees in the daytime.
On Thursday and Friday, temperatures will be in the mid-20 range and go back to 27 and 28 degrees over the weekend, with little to no chance of rain.
Although there are wildfires occurring right now in northeastern BC, the coastal qathet region has had good air quality and no wildfires nearby. Check out the BC Wildfire dashboard at wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/map.
The heat may seem more intense in coastal regions because of the humidity index. Currently, the Weatherhood app indicates that the humidity index for the qathet region is at 81 per cent.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) stated earlier today that Western Canada will begin to see heat subside today after a long period of persistent high temperatures that began late last week. Over the course of this event, hundreds of heat warnings were issued, affecting vast regions and millions of Canadians.
ECCC indicated that this heat wave shattered many records, with some locations surpassing previous highs by a margin of three degrees. As of July 12, temperatures reached 43 degrees Celsius in some parts of British Columbia, 37 degrees in Alberta, 37 degrees in Saskatchewan and 34 degrees in Manitoba.
"British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan were 14 degrees above average," according to ECCC.
ECCC stated that while this heat wave was not as intense as the 2021 heat dome in BC, it still marked the first major heat event of the year in Western Canada.
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