Blossoms are starting to appear on cherry trees in Vancouver as the city basks in a record-long winter warm spell. (CBC)

Residents of B.C.'s Lower Mainland often enjoy milder winters than most of the country, but it's been at least 114 years since the area has recorded so many warm mid-winter days in a row.

The 31-day period ending on Feb. 9 was a record-breaking mild spell, according to Environment Canada meteorologist David Jones.

'I don't think there's much we can do about it. I'm enjoying it.'—International Olympic Committee's Mark Adams

"If you look back at records dating to 1896, this is the warmest month of winter weather on record prior to the middle of February," Jones told CBC News Monday.

"It's been an absolutely phenomenal stretch of much warmer than normal weather," said Jones.

"It started on Jan. 1 and it hasn't let up and it's showing no signs of letting up and … it's going to remain warm through the next week or two."

Visitors are marveling at the weather as much as locals are.

"It's awesome," said Diane Johnson of Vegreville, Alta. "When I left a few days ago, we were at minus 12."

It's even been warmer than the state of Georgia, on a latitude more than 1,600 kilometers south of Vancouver.

"It was actually colder in Atlanta," said Sid Hopkins, of the Peach State. "We had snow in Atlanta Friday and Saturday, and up here it's nice and warm, shirt-sleeve weather."

No colder weather soon

Though pleasant for residents and newly arrived Olympic tourists, the unusually warm weather has played havoc with the Games' snowboarding and freestyle skiing venues at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver.

VANOC technicians scrambled to truck and fly in snow just prior to the Games and on Monday had to cancel about 8,000 spectator tickets because the area in which they'd be standing was too wet and unsafe.

Olympic officials are taking it in stride.

"This is an exceptional year of weather," said Mark Adams of the International Olympic Committee. "I don't think there's much we can do about it. I'm enjoying it. I hope you are, too."

Vancouver's indoor Olympic venues are unaffected by the weather and Games sites in Whistler have been much cooler than the city.

"We had the worst winter since the '60s last year; the hottest summer on record in 2009; and now the warmest month-long period of winter on record," said Jones.

He said the Lower Mainland would experience some cold mornings later in the week, but afternoon temperatures are going to climb even higher.

"We may see some 14s and 15s by the time we get to Friday and Saturday," said Jones.