Record-breaking Heat

• How hot will 2025 be? It could rival 2024’s record, Canadian officials warn

  The forecast comes just days after 2024 was declared the warmest calendar year on record. The World Meteorological Organization said it beat out the previous record in 2023.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2025
  
• Fall heat wave continues with record-breaking temperatures in Toronto

  Residents of Toronto experienced a daytime high of 30 C on Tuesday, marking the warmest Oct. 3 on record for the city, overtaking the previous high of 27.1 C set in 2001.

  Weather

  Oct 3, 2023
  
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• 37 temperature records melt under B.C. heat wave

  Towns and cities where the records were broken spanned the province, though the hottest areas were in the Southern Interior where two cities saw heat inch toward 40 C.

  Weather

  May 16, 2023
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• Edmonton closes book on warmest October on record

  The mean temperature for October 2022 was 9.6 C, almost one full degree over October 2021.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2022
• 21 more daily heat records fall; B.C. cities brush up against 30 C

  The Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast and west Vancouver Island have now reached Drought Level 5, meaning adverse impacts to socio-economic or ecosystem values are almost certain.

  Weather

  Oct 7, 2022
• Heat warning issued for London, Middlesex ahead of potential record-breaking warmth

  A heat warning, in place for areas across southwestern Ontario, calls for intense heat on Wednesday and Thursday with little relief in the overnight hours.

  Weather

  Jun 14, 2022
• Car submerged, road flooded as record-breaking B.C. heat prompts massive snow melt

  Canada's Ministry of Forests said the high temperatures triggered a significant amount of snowmelt in the mountains, which led to widespread flooding.

  Weather

  Jun 30, 2021
• All-time heat record broken in Okanagan set to shatter again

  Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded in Kelowna and the all-time heat record will fall again as even hotter temperatures arrive in the Okanagan weather forecast to finish June.

  Weather

  Jun 28, 2021
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• ‘Heat dome’: Warnings issued as potentially record-breaking temperatures forecast in B.C.

  "A dangerous long duration heat wave will affect B.C. beginning on Friday and lasting until Tuesday," Environment Canada warned.

  Weather

  Jun 23, 2021
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• 11 temperature records broken in Alberta Monday amid heat warnings

  New daily maximum temperature records were set in 11 Alberta communities on Monday.

  Weather

  Aug 18, 2020