It’s beginning to look a lot like spring.
Winter has yet to hit most of the province with snow.
Instead, record-breaking temperatures blasted 28 communities across B.C. Monday, Dec. 15.
The hottest spot was Kamloops as the mercury rose to 18.6 degrees Celsius. That broke the 1962 record of 13.3.
It felt more like summer in Comox at 16.9, breaking the 1976 record of 15.6.
A very warm Victoria of 16.8 broke the 1999 record of 14.3.
Duncan broke a 1956 record of 14.4 on Monday with a new record of 16.4.
Qualicum Beach reached 16.2, breaking the 1976 record of 15.6.
Pemberton smashed a 7.8 record temperature from 1976 as it heated up to 15.8.
Vancouver reached 15.7, breaking the 1962 record of 13.3.
Richmond was also 15.7, ahead of the 13.3 record from 1962.
Agassiz was equally warm, reaching 15.6, breaking the 1962 record of 14.4.
Hope hit 15.2, outpacing the 1976 record of 14.4.
An old record, from 1939, was broke by Pitt Meadows as it warmed up to 15.2 compared to 13.3 nearly a century ago.
Cache Creek near Ashcroft was a balmy 15 degrees, breaking the 1956 record of 10.6.
In Powell River, the 12.2 record set in 1962 was broken with 14.9.
White Rock warmed up to 14.7, above the 13.3 set in 1976.
The Gonzales Point area of Victoria reached 14.6, ahead of the 13.9 record for, 1962.
Sechelt soared to 14.5, outpacing the 12.5 record set in 1980.
It was 14.2 in Squamish, above the 1962 record of 12.2.
A 1976 record of 13.3 in Port Alberni was topped as it reached 14.2.
West Vancouver warmed to 13.2, breaking the old record of 11 set in 1980.
The Gulf Islands tied the 13.9 record set in 1962.
Salmon Arm set a new record of 12.5, up from 9.5 in 2002.
Out in Clearwater, temperatures reached 11.3, breaking the 2002 record of 8.
A warm day in Vernon of 10.9 barely broke the 2002 record of 10.3.
Quesnel barely broke the 10.6 record set in 1962 with 10.7.
It was 10.4 in Whistler, one degree warmer than it was in 1976.
In Clinton, the 1976 record of 8.9 was barely broken as it heated up to 9.1.
It was also 8.9 in Nakusp, ahead of the 7.5 record set in 1980.
The oldest record, from 1917 in Revelstoke, was broken as it warmed up to 8.2, above the more-than-a-century-old record of 6.7.
Monday also saw significant windstorms blow through the province, knocking out power to thousands.
Strong winds are expected overnight Tuesday, Dec. 16 , and into Wednesday morning for a large part of Interior B.C. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement due to a “vigorous cold front” which will bring strong southwesterly winds throughout the Interior, including to the Okanagan Valley, Similkameen, Nicola, South Thompson, the Fraser Canyon, the Cariboo, and the Chilcotin.