Canada breaks all time heat record for the second day in a row (118 F)

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/28/canada-record-heat-lytton/

Lytton, a village in British Columbia, became the first place in Canada to record a temperature above 113 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, with the thermometer hitting 116 degrees.


But that national record did not last for long. On Monday, according to government weather agency Environment Canada, Lytton saw temperatures soar to just above 118 degrees on Monday.

As The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang noted, that is one degree higher than the record in Las Vegas, the desert city more than a thousand miles south of Lytton.

And with the heat wave ongoing, it may not be long before the record once again climbs.


The previous Canadian records for hottest temperature, both 113 degrees, were set in Yellow Grass and Midale in Saskatchewan on July 5, 1937.
 
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