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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
James Michelin for the MetDesk

Weather tracker: British Columbia breaks Canada’s September heat record

People walk and cycle on False Creek seawall in Vancouver, Canada, as smoke from wildfires in British Columbia hangs in the air.
People walk and cycle on False Creek seawall in Vancouver, Canada, as smoke from wildfires in British Columbia hangs in the air. Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

A spate of extremely hot weather in British Columbia has broken Canada’s national maximum temperature record for September.

On Tuesday, it reached 40C (104F) in Lytton, matching the previous all-time high. That was only the third time that temperature has been recorded in the country in September.

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