Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia’s Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid-30s this weekend.
The forecaster issued heat warnings Friday covering portions of the province’s Interior, saying the hot weather was expected to persist through Sunday.
Sounds great!
And I think we can define the a fair win condition thusly: if timeanddate.com reports an average high for a month in BC as a whole or in any regional district greater than 50 C before October 2028, you win; otherwise I win.
The loser donates 50 CAD to a food bank of the winner’s choice.
Historic weather links that’ll be useful for checking the data (change the URL for the month & year you’re checking):
I’m referring to the “High & Low Weather Summary” table. I’m sure we’ll both just be watching to see what happens in Thompson-Nicola regional district.
This seems fair to me, because we both of pretty good odds of winning. With how extreme the weather events are getting and how rapidly things are accelerating, there’s a good chance that we could see a 5C increase in the high for Thompson-Nicola by October 2028, but maybe not, and any of the other districts could surprise us.
The last bet I won was that Trump was a Manchurian Candidate for Russia, so I’d love to lose one of these, particularly this one ;)
So I look forward to losing this one - GLHF! :)
EDIT: I forgot to say, I had meant the temperatures would reach 50c everywhere, not avg that for a month, but I’ll stick to the bet! I’ll happily lose it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-heat-wave-august-14-2023-1.6935750
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lol, I love you, bro.
40 C high for Thompson-Nicola in August so far, so this bodes well for you.
Bring on the unlivable heat! I… win?
/dies in the great heatwave of 2024.
Jaws theme continues