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In addition, 925mb temperatures were the close to, if not, greatest ever observed., both at Quillayute, WA, and Salem, OR
In British Columbia, Canada, records were also set. From Greg West: "The headliner is Lytton, BC, ...in the lee of the Coast Range, extremely dry climate, often the hottest location in BC, and Canada. Our old national record was 45.0C set in Saskatchewan in 1937. Lytton's old all time record was 44.4 in 1941. On Sunday they hit 46.6. Then on Monday they hit 47.9. Tuesday they peaked at 49.6 (that can be rounded to 50C?). I'm really completely dumbfounded. Breaking the old all time record by more than 5C, a month from the hottest time of the year, and 3 days in a row."
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