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This is the current conditions weather report for Radium Hot Springs. The report was made 60 minutes ago, at 05:00 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 3.7 kilometers per hour / 2 miles per hour from the westsouthwest (240°). The temperature was -8°C / 18°F, with a dew-point at -8°C / 18°F. The temperature felt like -9°C / 16°F. The relative humidity was 53%.

Radium Hot Springs is a village of approximately 800 people situated in the East Kootenays of British Columbia, located 280 km west of Calgary, Alberta. The village is named for the hot springs located in the nearby Kootenay National Park. Despite it being named after the radioactive element, the springs have among the lowest level of radium in the world. From Banff, Alberta, it is accessible through Sinclair Canyon.

Several golf courses are located nearby, along with 600 hotel and motel rooms.

The hot springs complex itself contains two large pools, one with hot water for soaking (Usually around the temperature of 39° C (114° F)), the other a 2/3 Olympic swimming pool that is usually around 29° C (103° F). There is also a hot-tub sized pool that has been dubbed the "Plunge Pool", because the water can be hot - right from the source at 44° C (114°F) - or cold, right from a creek running beneath the pools.

In 1964 there was a subterrainian earthquake in Alaska caused the water of the hot spring to become muddied with sediment for about 10 days. Temperature of water also temporarily decreased from 45° C to 39° C.

Radium is located 16 km north of the tourist town of Invermere, and 105 km south of Golden, British Columbia.

Wildlife in the area includes mule deer, grizzly bears, black bears, Mountain goats and Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

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