We've lived through three weeks of poor air quality due to wildfire smoke in the Okanagan - and there's already speculation this might be the new summertime normal.
Senior Climatologist David Phillips, at Environment Canada, is not calling it a new normal just yet - but does say two straight years of intense fire activity in BC is similar to what's happening around the globe.
"What we're seeing is clearly not just fires and the smoke that they bring," says Phillips. "We're seeing that with a lot of weather elements, in terms of storms, dryness, and the heatwave, and not just in North America - we're seeing it around the world."
However - Phillips says we need to be prepared for these weather conditions to persist.
He says if hot, fire-filled summers is a trend - it hasn't plateaued yet - and it may be years down the road before that happens.
Wildfire smoke from the province has affected over 10 million Canadians during BC's second worst fire season on record, 2017 being the worst.