Lytton BC, a village in the Fraser Canyon located about 260 km northeast of Vancouver, saw record-breaking highs of 46.6C on Sunday, 47.9C on Monday and 49.6C on Tuesday.
Before this week, the highest temperature ever recorded in all of Canada was 45C in Saskatchewan in 1937. This week's heat wave has blown that previous record away for 3 days straight.
On Tuesday alone, seven locations in BC met or exceeded that old record 45C mark, including Lytton, Cache Creek (47.4C), Grand Forks (45C), Kamloops (47.3C), Kelowna (45.2C), Lillooet (46.7C) and Osoyoos (45C).
[Update: Lytton is on fire and being evacuated]
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