April 20th 2016 in the shade at Merritt downtown. The 30 Celsius was-3
degrees over the recorded record of 27.1 Photo KDG

47 Degrees C at 2:15 today…

According to the 14 day forecasters the over night lows will be moderating starting tonight .

5 years ago…

Temperature in April was averaged 19’1 C, this year, Five years ago the average April temperature was 15.7. The extreme April 2016 was 29.7 April’s extreme this year was 26.4 down 3 degrees. The June 2016 average was 23.5 with an extreme of 34.9, June 2021 average temperature was to yesterday 26.8 with 44.5 being the extreme. If todays forecast of 48 C is right it will bring it up to a record. With a full 10 degrees jump in the June 2021 extreme over 5 years ago it should be noted as significant.

On this Day: June 30th 1997

Hong Kong goes back to China after the lease runs out.