4 Okanagan cities set new daily temperature records on Saturday

Four Okanagan cities set new daily temperature records for the middle of September.

Penticton set a new daily temperature record for Sept. 16, beating a record set nearly 100 years ago.

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Kelowna tied a record set in 2001 with a daytime high of 30.1ºC.

The Blue River area in the North Thompson and Kamloops also saw new daily temperature records.

Here’s a list of those new daily temperature records:

• Blue River area (28.6°C) – old record of 28°C set in 1981

• Kamloops (32.4°C) – old record of 31.7°C set in 1967

• Kelowna (30.1°C) – tied with a record set in 2001

• Penticton (30°C) – old record of 29.4°C set in 1924

• Summerland (30.8°C) – old record of 29.1°C set in 2009

• Vernon (30.1°C) – old record of 29.5°C set in 1998