Temperature in Lytton, B.C., Breaks All Time Canadian High Set in 1937

People are silhouetted while playing and gathering at English Bay Beach at sunset, in Vancouver, B.C., on June 21, 2021. A heat warning is in effect for most of Western Canada and the weather agency says numerous daily temperature records have been shattered across B.C. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—The temperature in a village in British Columbia’s southern Interior reached a scorching 46.1 C Sunday afternoon, marking a new all-time high recorded in Canada.

The reading from Environment Canada in Lytton showed the mercury surpassed the previous record of 45 C set in Saskatchewan in 1937.