Nanaimo temperature records tumble amid early May heatwave

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The Harbour City wasn’t the only community basking in the heat and sunshine on Sunday.

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Cache Creek, Lillooet, Osoyoos and Pemberton all reached over 30 degrees, while Comox, Campbell River, Port Alberni, Sechelt, and two stations in Victoria all set new records in the high 20s.

One monitoring station in Victoria Harbour saw the temperature reach 26.9 degrees, which broke a record of 25 degrees set in 1898.

More hot and dry conditions are expected through the foreseeable future, with forecasters calling for temperatures in the low to mid 20s for the first half of the week, before temperatures return to more seasonal norms beginning Thursday, May 7 and through the weekend.

No rain is forecast over the next seven days.

Average temperatures on the mid-Island for early May are maximums of around 16 degrees, and overnight lows of seven.

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