While the rest of the province melted with record-breaking temperatures over the weekend, Richmond found itself as one of the coolest spots in the region.
Vancouver International Airport recorded temperatures in the low- to mid-20s with a high of 21.9 C on Saturday and a high of 23.7 C on Sunday, according to Environment Canada's weather station.
While these are higher than the average temperature of 17.9 for the month of May, it is still far from the 25 C recorded in 1973.
However, the rest of B.C. saw several heat records broken throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Environment Canada recorded Squamish and Whistler hitting 35.8 C and 31.1 C, respectively, over the weekend.
Meanwhile, White Rock hit 29.6 C, Agassiz 34.7 C, and Fort Nelson 28.1 C.
The government weather agency warned B.C. residents of incoming hot weather last week that temperatures would spike as high as 18 degrees Celsius above seasonal averages.
“A lot of widespread daily temperature maximum records are going to break through this event. There's no doubt about that,” Armel Castellan, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, told reporters Thursday.
A weather statement is still in effect for the province with daytime highs reaching into the high 20s to low 30s.
-with files from Stefan Labbé
