![]() ![]() Monday will feature much more comfortable temperatures for Vancouver Island and the Metro Vancouver area. Heat warnings will continue to slowly drop off as the heat dome slides out of B.C., putting an end to the prolonged heat event. Six consecutive days of temperatures 30☌ or warmer is a longer streak than Regina or Montreal, and on par with Toronto as of July 30th. That’s a brutal stretch even for folks acclimated to such extreme temperatures.īritish Columbia’s long-duration heat wave stands out even more compared to other parts of Canada. The heat is worse farther inland, where Lytton has seen four consecutive days of highs at 40☌ or warmer. Many communities along the South Coast have seen at least six consecutive days of high temperatures at 30☌ or warmer as of July 30, 2022. MUST SEE: ‘Epic’ disaster: an inside look at this week’s catastrophic floods While the unprecedented heat event in 2021 broke all-time records, this year’s heat event will be remembered for its unrelenting, day-after-day grip on the province. The sheer duration of the heat is impressive by all accounts. Historically high humidity isn’t the only strange happening in B.C.’s latest heat wave. Water temperatures off Vancouver have come in at 23☌ over the past couple of days, with northwesterly winds helping to blow that warmth and humidity inland. Warmer-than-usual waters are contributing to the elevated humidity levels across the South Coast. In fact, Friday’s dew point in Vancouver came in higher than the city’s seasonal high temperature of 22☌ for the date-an especially rare feat. ![]() Dew points below 10☌ are generally dry and comfortable, while things start feeling sticky when the dew point climbs above 15☌.Īnything higher than 20☌ is pretty humid, and Vancouver’s dew point of 23☌ is typical of what you’d expect in a place like Texas or Alabama this time of year. Higher dew points indicate higher moisture levels in the air. The city recorded a dew point temperature of 23☌ on Friday, which set an all-time record for mugginess in this typically temperate city. The humidity in Vancouver is no joke these days. But a 90-degree air temperature combined with 75 relative humidity means the heat index will be 109 which is dangerously hot for just about everybody. A brutally long stretch of high heat and humidity is finally coming to an end after bringing historic feels-like values and an impressive streak of excessively high daytime temperatures.ĭON’T MISS: The heat is on across Canada, but will it persist through August? Steamy Vancouver sets all-time dew point record A 90-degree day when the relative humidity is, say, 40, results in a feels-like temperature (or heat index) of 91 degrees which won’t necessarily feel very oppressive to many people. ![]() Vancouver didn’t move to Florida, but you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’re in a tropical destination after stepping outside along British Columbia’s South Coast over the past few days. A temperature reading on a thermometer give you a gauge of the amount of heat present in the air, while dew point reading can be thought of as a 'thermometer' to measure moisture present in the. ![]()
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