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The number of climate change–related events, such as the 2021 British Columbia Floods and an increasing number of forest fires, has become an increasing concern over time. [56] Canada's annual average temperature over land warmed by 1.7 degrees Celsius between 1948 and 2016.
Waneta, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia: 42.8 °C (109 °F) Fort Vermilion, Alberta: −52.2 °C (−62 °F) 1923 Newgate, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia: 38.9 °C (102 °F) Doucet, Quebec: −54.4 °C (−66 °F) 1922 St Albans, Manitoba and Grand Forks, British Columbia: 40.0 °C (104 °F)
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. With an area of 944,735 km 2 (364,764 sq mi) it is Canada's third-largest province . The province is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than every United States state except Alaska .
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [27] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Ucluelet Brynnor Mines, British Columbia: October 6, 1967 Greatest Snowfall in one season* 2,446.5 centimetres (963.2 in) [4] Mount Copeland, British Columbia: 1971–1972 Greatest Snowfall in one day: 145 cm (57 in) [5] Tahtsa Lake, British Columbia: Feb 11, 1999 Highest Humidex reading: 52.6 C (126.7 F) [6] Carman, Manitoba: July 25, 2007 ...
British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and Northern Canada experienced warming the most, with an annual increase of 2.3 °C for northern Canada. Meanwhile, some Maritime areas of southeast Canada experienced average warming of less than 1 °C during the same period.
The Okanagan (/ ˌ oʊ k ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ən / OH-kə-NAH-gən), [3] also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River.
Coastal British Columbia has a temperate climate, with a mild and rainy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C (70s °F), while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally ...