Nanaimo breaks 34-year-old temperature record at the start of summer

A 34-year-old temperature record fell in the Nanaimo area amidst the heat yesterday.
According to an Environment Canada weather summary, the mercury in the thermometer hit 32.2 C at the monitoring station at Nanaimo Airport on Tuesday, June 23, which broke a previous record of 31.1 C set on the same day in 1992.
Jennifer Kowal, Environment Canada operational meteorologist, told the News Bulletin conditions were ideal for high temperatures.
“We’ve just had a persistent area of high pr