The hot weather on Vancouver Island has tied or broken some old temperature records.
Christy Climenhaga with Environment and Climate Change Canada says a ridge of high pressure has brought warmer than normal seasonal temperatures to areas of Eastern Vancouver Island and the South Coast
She says that on Monday the temperature in Port Hardy reached 26.9 degrees, beating the old record of 24.1 for August 11.
In Nanaimo, the temperature reached 35.3 degrees on Monday, breaking the old record of 34.3 degrees.
New temperature records were also set in Qualicum Beach and Victoria.
The forecast calls for cooler temperatures beginning on Wednesday, with steady rain expected to begin Thursday night and through Friday, with showers on Saturday.
