Category: Hot

  • Updated – Extreme Heat Wave on the Way – Fire Danger Rising Rapidly

    Updated – Extreme Heat Wave on the Way – Fire Danger Rising Rapidly

    Updated 5:30AM Thursday – EC and UWash Agree The EC forecast has been updated this morning and now agrees with the UWash models from last night. Temperatures on Monday could reach 42°C. Staggering. I will update again if there are any major changes. Otherwise, I will write a new post on Friday for the weekend.…

  • Father’s Day – First Day of Summer Mini Heat Wave

    Father’s Day – First Day of Summer Mini Heat Wave

    Woke up this morning to a notification from Environment Canada in my Inbox that we should expect a minor heatwave to roll through from Sunday to Tuesday. Normal temperatures for this time of year are in the low to mid 20s which is what we have been enjoying lately. The Special Weather Statement issued today…

  • Surprising 34.1°C high June 1 – double checked.

    Surprising 34.1°C high June 1 – double checked.

    We were only supposed to get up to 30°C yesterday but both the Airport (31.1°C), and especially the in town stations got well above that! It appears my station was hottest of all. It was so hot, in fact that I didn’t believe it! Double checked, and confirmed. 34.1°C Thanks to the PurpleAir AQ sensor,…

  • Muggy Monday, Warm and Dry week. Perfect to GoByBike! Also new AQ map.

    Muggy Monday, Warm and Dry week. Perfect to GoByBike! Also new AQ map.

    Phew! May has been crazy but the weather marches on! It had a humid spring feeling to the air last night. Monday will start cloudy and we might see some brief showers but it will stay quite warm and prepare us for Tuesday which should feature full sun and hot temperatures up to 28°C. That…

  • A couple more warm days then back to normal.

    A couple more warm days then back to normal.

    Record breaking days ending As you might imagine we have had several record breaking days as we moved through our first heat wave of 2021. The airport broke high temperature records on April 14, 15, 16, and 17. We were close yesterday but were 1.8°C short of the 27.9°C record. Monday and Tuesday mostly sunny…