It may have felt like Christmas in July, but no North Shore temperature records fell on Dec. 25 or 26, according to Environment Canada.
On Christmas Day, the temperature at the West Vancouver weather station noted a daytime max of 10.6 C., which is tied for the third warmest in Environment Canada’s records. On Boxing Day, the mercury reached 11 C, which does not crack the Top 5.
The highest ever recorded temperature on Dec. 25 came in 2005 when it reached 14.3 C. Boxing Day in 1980 was a steamy 14.9 C.
The normal temperature at this time of year ranges from 0 C overnight lows to 5 C daytime highs.
“Although it’s quite mild across the province, there was only one temperature record set on the Central Coast for Christmas and one in the Interior for Boxing Day,” said Lisa Erven, Environment Canada meteorologist
The current forecast calls for warm and wet weather to continue through till the end of the week, with showers lingering on the South Coast, Erven said, followed by a drier trend with temperatures closer to seasonal norms.
