People braved the cool wet weather to take in the Sunshine Festival in downtown Vernon Saturday, June 15. (Liam Verster/Vernon Matters Staff)

By Pete McIntyre

Record setting

Cool weather records set in Okanagan and other parts of B.C.

Jun 17, 2024 | 2:00 PM

It was a cool and wet weekend across most of the Southern Interior, which led to 10 B.C. communities breaking weather records.

Environment Canada said Kelowna, Kamloops, Penticton and Summerland were among the areas that set minimum temperature records on Sunday, June 16.

The mercury in Kelowna reached 13.3 degrees Celsius, breaking the old mark of 15.0 set in 1906.

Vernon got up to 15.5 degrees on Sunday, which was not a record.

Vernon received 4.3 mm of rain over the two days (June 15-16). Kelowna received 6.3 mm.

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Summary of record low daily maximum temperatures in degrees Celsius from Environment Canada:

KAMLOOPS AREA
New record 15.1
Old record of 15.4 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1890

KELOWNA AREA
New record 13.3
Old record of 15.0 set in 1906
Records in this area have been kept since 1899

LYTTON AREA
New record 15.2
Old record of 15.6 set in 2014
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

MERRITT AREA
New record 11.5
Old record of 13.0 set in 2014
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

NAKUSP AREA
Tied record 14.5
Old record of 14.5 set in 1978
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

PENTICTON AREA
New record 14.9
Old record of 15.6 set in 1939
Records in this area have been kept since 1907

PRINCETON AREA
New record 12.1
Old record of 12.2 set in 1939
Records in this area have been kept since 1893

SPARWOOD AREA
New record 9.9
Old record of 10.0 set in 2010
Records in this area have been kept since 1969

SUMMERLAND AREA
New record 13.3
Old record of 15.5 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1907