The heatwaves in Western Canada break records for the highest temperatures ever recorded in the country.

The last record for the highest temperature since it was recorded was 45 degrees C on July 5, 1937, in Midale and Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan.

According to meteorologists, this 84-year-old record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada could be broken this week in British Columbia. According to the forecast in the towns of Lytton in Lillooet, BC, the temperature may already reach 46 degrees Celsius on Monday. The temperature may reach even 47 degrees C this week, which would clearly break the all-time record of the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada.

As early as Saturday, June 26, records for the highest temperatures were recorded in 67 locations in Alberta, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. 54 places with record temperatures are located in British Columbia, and in the vicinity of the city of Vancouver the temperature of 32.3 degrees Celsius was recorded on Saturday, June 26, breaking the previous record of the highest recorded at 30.2 degrees C in 2002. In turn, the hottest place in British Columbia was Lytton, in its southern part, where the temperature of 43.2 degrees Celsius was recorded on June 26, thus breaking the record for the highest temperature recorded in this city in 2006.

The current temperature records in Canada are extraordinary, as they break previously recorded records by two or three degrees Celsius, and so far there have been records that did not exceed one degree and were only a part of it.

In Alberta on Saturday, June 26, a record temperature was recorded in 11 locations, concentrated in the mountainous western part of the province on the border with British Columbia, including cities such as Banff and Jasper.

Temperature records were also broken at Fort Liard and Nahanni Butte in the Northwest Territories, near the southern border of the territories.

According to climatologists, the current records may soon be broken again, as new heat waves, according to forecasts, are yet to come. They would also like to point out that the temperature is measured in the shade, and the heat can be much more intense in the sun.

When in Edmonton or Calgary the temperature in the shade is 38-39 degrees C, in the sun it can reach 47 degrees C, which makes the heat like in Dubai.

Meteorologists have issued unprecedented heatwave warnings for the entire province of British Columbia and Alberta, and for northern Saskatchewan, as well as sites in the Yukon Province and the North West Territories.

According to forecasts, a lower temperature can only be expected closer to the end of the week. In Vancouver the temperature can drop to around 26-27 degrees C and in Lillooet and Lytton to 38-29 degrees C. In Calgary, AB, by the end of the week the temperature may drop to 36-39 degrees C and then to 33 degrees Celsius.

According to climatologists, the current heatwaves and weather changes are changing their nature, are becoming more and more extreme, and another breaking of the temperature record in Canada is unlikely to take another 84 years.

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