Atypical of fall: National temperature record up for grabs Sunday
After some digging, we have uncovered the latest 30-degree readings across Canada, and on Sunday, B.C. might tie the record.
Reaching 30°C in Canada does not make much of a compelling story unless it happens in mid-October.
After some digging, we have uncovered the latest 30-degree readings across Canada, and on Sunday, B.C. might tie the record.
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The first couple weeks of October feature dozens of 30-degree temperatures, from Kamloops, B.C., to Toronto and Windsor, Ont., also extending farther east to include Halifax, N.S.
On Saturday, Squamish was just under a degree away from claiming one of the latest 30-degree readings on record across Canada.
Let's begin in Western Canada, where Kindersley, Sask., hit 31.7°C on Oct. 13, 1934.
Ontario is no stranger to the odd 30-degree reading in October, either. Oct. 13, 1879 at Windsor's Riverside station, the mercury climbed to 31.1°C -- an impressive feat for mid-October.
After Oct. 14, Canadian readings above 30 become increasingly sparse.
This is where we turn to Nova Scotia, where an impressive heat event in 1930 brought the temperatures to 30.6°C at St. Margaret’s Bay and 30.0°C at Liverpool on Oct. 14, 1930.
But has there been later?
Yes, although two weather stations were in operation in Morden, Man. One hit 30.6°C on Oct. 16, 1945.
Consequently, this would be the latest reliable 30-degree reading in Canada, a temperature British Columbia might tie by Sunday afternoon -- 77 years later.