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Another bone-chilling day for Cariboo Chilcotin residents, more cold weather records broken

Williams Lake, Tatlayoko Lake and Puntzi Mountain see records broken Thursday, Feb. 11
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Residents use pandemic face masks to keep warm from the extreme cold weather in Williams Lake Thursday morning, Feb. 11. (Angie Mindus photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Cariboo Chilcotin residents woke up to another day of extreme cold weather Friday morning, Feb. 12.

Williams Lake saw an early morning temperature of -32C while Alexis Creek and Puntzi Mountain in the Chilcotin recorded another extreme temperature of -44C.

Williams Lake, Tatlayoko Lake and Puntzi Mountain were among the many areas that saw record lows Thursday.

Weather records broken Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021:

Burns Lake Area: Preliminary new record of -38.7C. Old record of -37.2C set in 1975. Records in this area have been kept since 1949.

Clinton Area: Preliminary new record of -32.3C. Old record of -27.2 set in 1975. Records in this area have been kept since 1974.

Hope Area: Preliminary new record of -13.3C. Old record of -11.1 set in 1939. Records in this area have been kept since 1936.

Nakusp Area: Preliminary new record of -14.2C. Old record of -13.9 set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Puntzi Mountain Area: Preliminary new record of -45.6C. Old record of -36.7C set in 1975. Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Sparwood Area. Preliminary new record of -30.5C. Old record of -23.8C set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1969

Squamish Area: Preliminary new record of -7.9C. Old record of -6.0 set in 1989. Records in this area have been kept since 1960

Tatlayoko Lake Area: Preliminary new record of -34.3C. Old record of -27.2 set in 1975. Records in this area have been kept since 1930

Whistler Area: Currently tied record of -17.0C set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1950.

Williams Lake Area: Preliminary new record of -32.2C. Old record of -27.8C set in 1975.Records in this area have been kept since 1960.

Yoho (National Park) Area: Preliminary new record of -34.0C. Old record of -33.9C set in 1951. Records in this area have been kept since 1923.

Read More: Puntzi Mountain coldest place in Canada Thursday morning at -44.4C, Williams Lake -32C low


 


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Angie Mindus

About the Author: Angie Mindus

A desire to travel led me to a full-time photographer position at the Williams Lake Tribune in B.C.’s interior.
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