Canada sets record heat and the province closes schools and universities

British Columbia, Province Canada, Schools and universities closed on Monday (28) due to the extreme heat that pushed the weekend temperature to a national record in a country known for its brutal winters and snow.

The city of Lytton, in the center of the province 200 km north of Vancouver, reported 46.6 C on Sunday. Before the weekend, the historic high in Canada was 45 C, according to the Organization for Climate Change and Climate Change in Canada, which was recorded in Saskatchewan in 1937.

As much of western Canada set local temperature records, Monday was predicted to be even hotter, forcing people to stay on beaches and lakes. A.C. Social media posts with tips on how to stay cool without conditioning have gone viral, in a province where less than 40 percent of households have the device, PC.

Greg Plato, a senior research scientist on climate and climate change in Victoria, Canada, said that strong heat for several days in the Pacific Northwest is unusual, that it is accustomed to prolonged rain rather than sunlight, and that it is caused by an immovable high pressure system.

“Temperatures are very high during the day and they don’t get too cold at night. Unlike the typical weather events on the west coast, they cross the Pacific Ocean and crawl over us,” Plato said.

“It shows that the climate is changing. Science has told us for a long time, but we need to be immersed in it because we have to sleep in the basement to stay cool here – it really illustrates change.”