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Heat records broken during Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast Fall storm

Tyler Hay
By Tyler Hay

A few communities on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast set new heat records on Nov. 11, despite stormy weather.

Gibsons and Sechelt set a record of 16.1 C, topping 15.5 degrees in 2016.

Nanaimo got up to 18.1 degrees, topping the 1991 record of 16.2.

Powell River recorded temperatures of 16.2 degrees, topping the 1932 record of 15.6 C.

Tyler Hay
Tyler Hay
Tyler has been back and forth between Vancouver Island and Alberta during his career in journalism. He first joined Vista Radio in Lethbridge, Alberta after working as an editor in Ladysmith and Parksville. Now he is back on the Island to settle and is based out of Nanaimo writing about local politics. When not writing, he is busy sailing, riding motorcycles and fixing things in his shop.

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