Name: Rizza
Email: ljg5be8s7@outlook.com
Date: Thursday - 17/Dec/115 - 20:58:36 GMT
Response:
Just a note: Someone here mentioned the hgeihst temperature ever in Canada in March. Jeff Masters also referenced that in his latest post.He notes that Chris Burt notes my hometown of Port Alberni, BC (Beaver Creek station) has that record, at 31.1C on March 29, 1926.However, I looked at the EC data from that time and I think the Beaver Creek staiton was overestimating the temperature by quite a bit.On March 29, 1926:Beaver Creek measured 31.1CCity of Port Alberni measured 23.1C The stations would have been only a few miles apart, Beaver Creek deeper in the Valley and Port Alberni in the City proper next to the Inlet. I don't generally see temperature differences of more than 2 or 3 degrees in the height of summer between my station (in the City) and the current official station at the Airport (in the Valley closer to where the Beaver Creek station would have been).So I find it hard to believe that the difference would have been almost 8 degrees. There is a chance, as it may have been foggy in town for longer, where as Beaver Creek may not have been foggy at all. But again, I'd be surprised.I looked at Lake Cowichan which is in the Cowichan Valley further south on the Island that usually gets similar temperatures, and it was only 21C. Similarly, Chilliwack, in the Fraser Valley on the mainland only go to 20C on that day. All this to say... we're witnessing an incredible event!

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