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May poised to be West Kootenay’s driest on record

Two new record high temperatures have been established in the West Kootenay this week and another may fall today.

It hit 27.9 degrees on Wednesday and 30.3 yesterday in Castlegar, breaking old marks set in 1985.

Southeast Fire Centre forecaster Ron Lakeman says there’s no question it’s unusually dry.

Lakeman says the weekend is expected to be mostly sunny with rain possibly arriving Monday afternoon.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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