Temperature record broken, even hotter conditions today

This weekend will definitely go down as a record breaker. For the second day in a row Sault Ste. Marie broke a temperature record yesterday  reaching 31.5c and another record will likely be broken today and Monday.

A heat wave is defined by three consecutive days of temperatures exceeding 30c, so yes, we’re in the middle of a heat wave and it’s only a week from October.

Temperatures are expected to fall to normal values by mid-week with a passage of a cold front.

A large and persistent area of high pressure over Southern and
Northeastern Ontario has resulted in mid summer like weather for the
beginning of fall. Temperatures exceeded the 30 C mark in many
areas, with many new maximum temperature records set for Saturday
September 23.

The following is a summary of weather event information received by
Environment Canada.

Windsor Airport
New record of 31.4
Old record of 30.6 set in 1945
Records began 1940

Sarnia Area
New record of 32.1
Old record of 28.8 set in 2004
Records began 1968

London Airport
New record of 32.2
Old record of 28.3 set in 1959
Records began 1940

Hamilton Airport
New record of 31.0
Old record of 29.7 set in 2004
Records began 1960

Waterloo Wellington Airport
New record of 30.5
Old record of 28.4 set in 2004
Records began 1970

Kitchener – Waterloo Area
New Record of 30.5
Old record of 29.4 set in 1936
Records began 1915

Toronto Pearson
New record of 33.1
Old record of 30.6 set in 1959
Records began 1938

Toronto City
New record of 30.6
Old record of 29.2 set in 1931
Records began way back in 1840

Trenton Airport
New record of 28.9
Old record of 27.8 set in 1961
Records began 1935

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier
New record of 29.3
Old record of 28.9 set in 1961
Records began 1939

Petawawa Airport
New record of 29.3
Old record of 25.6 set in 1970
Records began 1970

Sault Ste Marie Airport
New record of 31.5
Old record of 27.1 set in 2004
Records began 1945

Greater Sudbury Area
New record of 28.7
Old record of 27.8 set in 1920
Records began 1887

North Bay Area
Maximum temperature of 28.3
Tied record of 28.3 set in 1946
Records began 1888

Earlton Airport
New record of 27.7
Old record of 27.2 set in 2004
Records began 1938

Chapleau Area
New Record of 28.2
Old record 24.9 set in 2004
Records began 1978

Maximum temperatures below were not quite high enough to set a new
record for Saturday September 23.

Wiarton Airport
Maximum temperature of 28.1
Current record of 28.6 set in 2004
Records began 1947