If you feel like November has been warmer than usual, you’re right – just 11 days into the month soaring temperatures have already shattered existing records.
On Tuesday, some regions across the Lower Mainland recorded the hottest Nov. 8 on record.
Environment Canada meteorologist David Jones called the record-smashing day “an earth shaking pineapple express.”
"In Abbotsford, the high temperature for the day was 22.4 [degrees],” said Jones. “I look back at July and August, there was 20 days in the heat of the summer where Abbotsford wasn't as warm."
In Vancouver, the mercury soared to 15.1 degrees by 6 a.m., beating the previous November 8th high of 14.8 degrees in 1991. By 9 a.m., it reached a balmy 16.6 degrees in the city.
So far this month temperatures are averaging 15 degrees – about five degrees above average.
November isn’t the only month this fall to break records: last month it rained more days than any other October on record.
Environment Canada confirmed rain soaked the streets of Vancouver on 28 of 31 days, breaking the previous record of 26 that was recorded in 1985 and 1967.
Experts say a return to more normal temperatures is expected soon.
"Another month of wet weather, snow piling up in the mountains, then really warm weather with heavy rain,” said Jones. “The warm weather melts the snow."
With files from CTV Vancouver’s Jonathan Glasgow
