Tag: record
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Just hit 40°C
The station has just hit a high of 40.2°C. The Humidex is 45. Other personal stations in the City are at similar highs. We’ll see if the Airport reaches that temperature to officially beat the all time all station record for August 15 of 39.4°C set by the city hall Port Alberni station in 1933.…
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Happy Fall Equinox! – Friday’s Rainfall marks first September deluge in the records. Weekend Rain.
Happy First (half) Day of Fall! The Equinox officially happened at 12:20PM Pacific Time today. Make sure you wave to the sun as we head around to the other side! Friday’s record rainfall: The rain on Friday was not something the Alberni Valley has experienced on a September day since record keeping began in 1894.…
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Final hottest days – Over 40°C – Possible hottest Port Alberni days ever recorded. Heatwave breaks Tuesday. Water Restrictions. Extreme Fire Danger.
The oppressive heat continues today but there is an end on the horizon. Sunday and Monday will mark the final days of this heatwave. They will be the hottest of all. Sunday 41°C possible. There is a tiny sliver of good news this morning. And that is that we managed to still get down to…
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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…
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More rain coming (but not that much!)
So we had some rain Sunday It wasn’t a lot for a whole days worth… but it was a lot for a few minutes! Here’s the proof: That might not look like much, but we got about 16 mm (2/3 of an inch) in the 20 minute period between 17:25 and 17:45 on Sunday. And…