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By Sam Bennison

PG weather

Prince George breaks two weather records in hot Thanksgiving weekend

Oct 9, 2023 | 9:45 AM

PRINCE GEORGE—Prince George has experienced a record breaking thanksgiving weekend.

According to Environment Canada, Saturday (October 7) the mercury rose to 22.7 degrees. This breaks the record set in 2010 of 21.4 degrees.

Sunday’s, record also fell when the temperature rose to 22.4 degrees at around 4 p.m. This breaks a much older record 1943 of 21.7 degrees Celsius.

Other communities across the province also experienced record breaking heat with Quesnel topping an over 100 year old record, hitting 23 degrees on Saturday. The previous record of 22.2 was set back in 1919.

Other daily records set on Saturday were in Bella Bella, Burns Lake, Mackenzie, Pitt Meadows, Powell River,Tatlayoko Lake and West Vancouver.

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Tomorrow is expected to cool off with a high of 16 degrees.