Lytton, B.C., is upholding its reputation as Canada’s hot spot, recording the highest temperature across the country so far this year as an ongoing heat wave scorches much of the province.

Environment Canada figures show the mercury hit 41.3 C on Monday in the Fraser Canyon community, marking the hottest temperature of 2025 in Canada.

Lytton also set a daily maximum temperature record for Aug. 25, surpassing the previous record of 37.2 C set in 1934.

It was among 16 areas of B.C. that set new daily maximum records for the same day, including Whistler, Pemberton, Kamloops, Kelowna and Burns Lake.

The temperature hit 38.8 C in Cache Creek, surpassing the previous record of 37.1 in 2022, while the high of 38.5 C in Lillooet broke the record of 37.3 set in the same year.

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