More date temperature records fall in Dawson Creek, Chetwynd amid unseasonably warm weather
Environment Canada says 13 communities in B.C. matched or surpassed daily high temperature records for January 13th, including Dawson Creek and Chetwynd.
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — The recent atmospheric river weather event that brought flood warnings and evacuation orders in British Columbia has been followed by unseasonably warm weather, resulting in daily high temperature records falling in a number of communities, including Chetwynd and Dawson Creek.
Environment Canada says 13 communities in B.C. matched or surpassed daily high temperature records for January 13th, including Vancouver, where a high of 13.8 C was recorded.
That mark breaks the previous record of 12.1 C recorded in 2014.
One other Metro Vancouver community also reported a new high temperature record, with Richmond topping 14 degrees, breaking the old mark of 12.1 degrees, also in 2014.
Temperature records also fell in places including Sechelt, Gibsons, Kitimat, Bella Bella and Chetwynd, with the new highs breaking decades-old records in some cases.
In Dawson Creek and Terrace in the north, highs of 7.9 C and 9.6 C respectively broke records set in 1933.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published January 14th, 2026.
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