It hasn’t been a scorching hot summer but one of the hottest days of the year has been saved for September.
Winnipeg, as of 5 p.m. has broken the record for hottest temperature on Sept. 12 reaching 34.5 Celsius. Many other communities in southern Manitoba could also break records Tuesday.
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Usually, temperatures this time of year range between 6 C and 19 C in Winnipeg. With these record breaking temperatures, this places it in a tie for the hottest day of the year. June 2 also saw temperatures reach 34.5 C.
The record high for Sept. 12 was 33.3 C which was registered in 1952.