102-year-old BC Interior temperature record broken on Friday

Warm temperatures continue to batter the province as numerous communities reached daily temperature records on Friday.

The oldest of the 13 records to be broken was in the Creston area after a new record of 37.5℃ surpassed the benchmark of 36.1℃ set in 1922.

Not far from Creston, the community of Castlegar surpassed a 73-year-old benchmark with a new high of 39.1℃.

On Friday, the Lytton area surpassed a previous record of 38.6℃ with a new high of 40.3℃.

Other records set across the province include:

• Blue River area (35.8℃) - old record of 33.9℃ set in 1974
• Clearwater area (36.8℃) - old record of 36.0℃ set in 2009
• Clinton area Tied record of (32.8℃) set in 2009
• Cranbrook area (37.2℃) - old record of 35.6℃ set in 1965
• Powell River area (29.9℃) - old record of 29.0℃ set in 2017
• Princeton area (37.4℃) - old record of 37.2℃ set in 1968
• Puntzi Mountain area (33.9℃ ) - old record of 32.2℃ set in 1974
• Sparwood area (34.6℃) - old record of 32.8℃ set in 1994
• Tatlayoko Lake area (33.5℃) - old record of 33.4℃ set in 2009
• Trail area (39.5℃) - old record of 38.5℃ set in 2015
• Vernon area (36.3℃) - old record of 35.9℃ set in 2009