Fort Nelson tied their 2023 highest temperature for Aug. 27, according to Environment Canada’s newest report.
The community reached a high of 32.5 degrees Celcius on Wednesday at 4 in the afternoon, and began to cool down after, about 13 hours later, temperatures dropped to 11 degrees.
Fort Nelson residents felt the heat, while it was the hottest it has been on this late-August date since 2023, as at the day’s temperature peak, wind gusts were only moving four kilometres per hour.
The record-setting heat was dry, with little to no humidity in the area, as reported by Environment Canada. During the hottest moments of the day, there was less than 25 per cent moisture, or humidity, in the air.
Temperatures in Fort Nelson dipped slightly below 30 degrees as the evening began to set in, Environment Canada said it was 25 degrees in the city around 7 p.m.
Despite the record-tying heat, there is no heat warning in effect in the Northern Rockies, in order for the federal weather agency to declare a heat warning, or advisory, in northeastern B.C. they said temperatures must stay between 14 degrees and 29 for two, or more, consecutive days.
This morning’s plummeting temperatures allowed residents to cool off and meant the agency did not need to caution them.
