LYTTON - A spate of extremely hot weather in parts of British Columbia has seen one Interior community tie the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada in the month of September.

Environment Canada says temperatures in Lytton, B.C., hit 40 C on Tuesday, matching the September record previously set in Manitoba, while breaking a daily record for the village of 39.6 C set in 2022.

Other B.C. communities that set new daily high temperature records Tuesday included Cache Creek in the Interior where the temperature hit 39.3 C, as well as Kelowna, Princeton and Whistler.

Heat warnings remain in place for nine areas of the province including inland portions of the north and central coast, the North and South Thompson, the Fraser Canyon and Boundary regions.

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