Sunniest month record broken in Vancouver

Vancouver has surpassed its previous record for sunniest month ever after racking up more than 388.1 hours of glorious sunshineby 8 a.m. PT Tuesday morning.

According to Environment Canada, Vancouver's previous record for thesunniest monthwas set in July of1985.

Assuming there is no rain onWednesday,this July will also befirst time on recordawhole calendar month was completely dry in Vancouver.

Although a fewshowers have been noted on the North Shore today,none have reached down to the Vancouver International Airport weather station, where the record run is underway.

After that, the next record to shoot for is the longest dry spell. The recordof 58 days was set in 1951.

So far this summer the city of rain has had no preciptation for 33 days in a row, Environment Canada confirmed onTuesday morning,but there is rain in the forecast for the end of the week.