Kelowna and some surrounding cities broke temperature records on Monday, May 15.
With the heat wave forecast to carry on until the weekend, more temperature records may fall this week.
On Monday, Kelowna, Kamloops, Merritt and Lytton all broke heat records for that calendar day:
• Kelowna - 32.1 C (previous record: 31.3 C in 2018)
• Kamloops - 32.2 C (previous record: 31.1 C in 1924)
• Merritt - 32.9 C (previous record: 32 C in 2006)
• Lytton - 36.5 C (previous 33.9 C in 1949)