Current Conditions - Revelstoke, BC

Latest Weather News - Okanagan

• Thunderstorm lights up Okanagan skies for third straight night

  After 1,200 lightning strikes on Wednesday and 2,600 on Thursday, another overnight thunderstorm rolled across the region on Friday.    

  Weather

  1 hour
• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for B.C.’s Southern Interior

  Issued Friday morning, areas under the severe thunderstorm watch stretch from the Similkameen and Okanagan in the west to the Kootenays in the east.

  Weather

  Aug 12
• Advertisement
• B.C. thunderstorms deliver light show to Kamloops, flash flooding in Merritt

  Much of southern B.C. was under severe thunderstorm warnings and watches Thursday afternoon.

  Weather

  Aug 11
• Advertisement
• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for most of B.C.’s Interior

  The warning stretches from Prince George in the north through to Kamloops, the Fraser Canyon, the Okanagan and most of the Kootenays.

  Weather

  Aug 11
• Okanagan weather: Slightly cooler weekend, heat returns next week

  The risk of severe storms arrives Thursday afternoon, ahead of a slight cool down into the weekend, before mid-30 degree heat returns to the Okanagan weather forecast next week.

  Weather

  Aug 11
• Highway 1 closed due to mudslide near Lytton, B.C.

  The mudslide has closed Highway 1 between Lytton and Spences Bridge in both directions between Highway 8 and Highway 12.

  Environment

  Aug 11
• Thunderstorms forecast for multiple regions across B.C.

  Lightning strikes are expected in the Vancouver Island, Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, Similkameen, Nicola Valley, South Thompson, Okanagan and Shuswap regions.

  Weather

  Aug 10
• B.C. reports 16 suspected heat-related deaths from July 26 to Aug. 3

  In a report released Tuesday, the service revealed the greatest number of deaths -- five -- occurred on July 29, followed by July 30, with a total of three.

  Weather

  Aug 9
• Advertisement
• Okanagan weather: Forecast calling for mix of sun, clouds and rain

  Environment Canada is not only forecasting warm temperatures in the low 30s, but also a chance of rain Tuesday through Thursday, and possible thundershowers on Wednesday.

  Weather

  Aug 9
• Advertisement
• Unpredictable winds, topography complicating wildfire response, experts say

  In British Columbia, shifting wind patterns have been a key concern for crews battling a fire in the south Okanagan that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes.

  Environment

  Aug 9
• Keeping cool: The need to adapt to a new climate reality on Canada’s West Coast

  As temperatures rise, people across British Columbia are starting to realize that strategies for heat mitigation are largely non-existent -- and that’s no longer acceptable.

  Weather

  Aug 9
• Here’s a look at some of the wildfires burning across Canada

  Canada is currently at a national preparedness Level 3 with increased wildfire activity in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

  Fire

  Aug 8
• Heat warnings continue across Canada amid scorching temperatures, humidity

  The warning from the Environment Canada covers broad regions of southern Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta and B.C. Maximum temperatures are expected to reach or surpass 30 C.

  Weather

  Aug 8
• B.C. wildfires: How Lytton is breaking ground to climate-proof community

  A year after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, residents, municipal leaders, and the B.C. government are grappling with future-proofing a community against climate change.

  Fire

  Aug 5
• Advertisement
• Okanagan weather: Big weekend warm-up ahead

  A cold front sweeps through the Interior on Thursday, bringing with it some showers before a gradual warm-up in the Okanagan weather forecast for the weekend.

  Weather

  Aug 4
• Advertisement
• More daily records as B.C. heat wave continues

  In the province’s Southern Interior, the record-setting temperatures ranged from nearly 35 degrees to just over 42 degrees.

  Weather

  Jul 30
• Heat wave continues to topple B.C. temperature records

  In Kelowna, the temperature soared to 38.7 C breaking an old record of 37.2 C set in 1934. Vernon saw a high temperature of 37.6 C, breaking a record of 37.2 C, also set in 1934.

  Weather

  Jul 29
• More B.C. weather records broken as heat wave continues to bake most of province

  With scorching high heat, 10 longstanding B.C. heat records were broken on Wednesday.

  Weather

  Jul 28
• Okanagan weather: Record-breaking heat as temperatures approach the 40s

  35 to 40 degree record breaking daytime highs stay in the Okanagan weather forecast through the rest of July and into the B.C. Day long weekend.

  Weather

  Jul 28
• Flood watch for Pemberton, Lillooet areas as heatwave speeds snowmelt

  The B.C. River Forecast Centre has also issued a high streamflow advisory for the Sea-to-Sky region, where hot weather is also driving rapid snowmelt.

  Weather

  Jul 27
• Advertisement
• Kelowna announces 4 cooling centres as heat warnings continue

  The city’s cooling centres are located at Parkinson Rec Centre, Rutland Arena, Rutland Activity Centre and the Capital News Centre.

  Weather

  Jul 27
• Advertisement
• 14 single-day temperature records toppled in B.C. as heat wave bears down

  While most the daily temperature records were broken by one to two degrees Celcius, some areas were significantly hotter than usual, according to the data from Environment Canada. 

  Weather

  Jul 27
• With hot weather baking B.C.’s Interior, residents reminded to be heat-wary  

  Daytime-high temperatures for the Okanagan and Shuswap are projected to hover between reach 35 and 40 C (95 to 104 F) until Saturday.

  Weather

  Jul 26
• Okanagan weather: 35 to 40 degree heat hits this week

  Hottest air of the year so far hits the Okanagan weather forecast for the final week of July with afternoon highs soaring into the upper 30s.

  Weather

  Jul 25