Canada: Blistering heat bakes Ontario with record temperatures
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Canada: Blistering heat bakes Ontario with record temperatures
ADRIAN MORROW
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 1:09PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 9:39PM EDT
While broiling temperatures broke same-day records in Southern Ontario and Quebec, filling Toronto’s east end beaches and packing pools in Montreal, the Prairies enjoyed a respite from the heat and the coasts continued to feel more like spring than mid-summer.
A high-pressure centre and warm air moved south and east, driving temperatures at Pearson International Airport, just outside the nation’s largest city, to 37.5 degrees at 5 p.m. That was good enough to best the previous record high for July 21 – 35.6 in 1955 – but not enough to top the overall record, 38.3 on Aug. 25, 1948.
Hungary: A woman cools down in Lake Balaton near Tihany 150 km west of Budapest July 14, 2011. Temperatures reached 38 C in Hungary that day.
The city did, however, see its warmest-ever morning, with a highest minimum temperature of 26.6 at 6 a.m. Thursday, edging out the previous record of record of 26.4, set July 5, 1999.
The trend continued throughout the region, with temperatures of 36.9 in Windsor, 36.4 in London and 36 in Hamilton, all of them record-breakers. Ottawa, meanwhile, reached 36 and Montreal 35.
As if these temperatures weren’t high enough on their own, the humidex made it feel as hot as the upper 40s in some places.
As Ontarians blasted their air conditioners, power usage jumped. In Toronto, for instance, consumption peaked at 4,953 megawatts shortly before 4 p.m., the highest consumption of the year. It was lower, however, than the overall record, set in 2006.
The Rogers Centre – which often uses its retractable roof to ward off inclement weather early in the season – was closed this time to protect spectators from the heat as they watched the Blue Jays defeat the Mariners.
The Seattle team probably isn’t used to the heat, as the west coast has had a cool summer so far. That trend continued Thursday, with Vancouver hovering around 18 much of the day. It was a similar story in cloudy St. John’s, which reached a high of 19.
The Prairie provinces, meanwhile, saw wild fluctuation as the hot air moved eastward. Winnipeg hit 29, down from highs over 30 in the last few days, while Calgary and Edmonton peaked at just 22.
The trend continued throughout the region, with temperatures of 36.9 in Windsor, 36.4 in London and 36 in Hamilton, all of them record-breakers. Ottawa, meanwhile, reached 36 and Montreal 35.
Canada: Blistering heat bakes Ontario with record temperatures
ADRIAN MORROW
From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 1:09PM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 9:39PM EDT
While broiling temperatures broke same-day records in Southern Ontario and Quebec, filling Toronto’s east end beaches and packing pools in Montreal, the Prairies enjoyed a respite from the heat and the coasts continued to feel more like spring than mid-summer.
A high-pressure centre and warm air moved south and east, driving temperatures at Pearson International Airport, just outside the nation’s largest city, to 37.5 degrees at 5 p.m. That was good enough to best the previous record high for July 21 – 35.6 in 1955 – but not enough to top the overall record, 38.3 on Aug. 25, 1948.
Hungary: A woman cools down in Lake Balaton near Tihany 150 km west of Budapest July 14, 2011. Temperatures reached 38 C in Hungary that day.
The city did, however, see its warmest-ever morning, with a highest minimum temperature of 26.6 at 6 a.m. Thursday, edging out the previous record of record of 26.4, set July 5, 1999.
The trend continued throughout the region, with temperatures of 36.9 in Windsor, 36.4 in London and 36 in Hamilton, all of them record-breakers. Ottawa, meanwhile, reached 36 and Montreal 35.
As if these temperatures weren’t high enough on their own, the humidex made it feel as hot as the upper 40s in some places.
As Ontarians blasted their air conditioners, power usage jumped. In Toronto, for instance, consumption peaked at 4,953 megawatts shortly before 4 p.m., the highest consumption of the year. It was lower, however, than the overall record, set in 2006.
The Rogers Centre – which often uses its retractable roof to ward off inclement weather early in the season – was closed this time to protect spectators from the heat as they watched the Blue Jays defeat the Mariners.
The Seattle team probably isn’t used to the heat, as the west coast has had a cool summer so far. That trend continued Thursday, with Vancouver hovering around 18 much of the day. It was a similar story in cloudy St. John’s, which reached a high of 19.
The Prairie provinces, meanwhile, saw wild fluctuation as the hot air moved eastward. Winnipeg hit 29, down from highs over 30 in the last few days, while Calgary and Edmonton peaked at just 22.
The trend continued throughout the region, with temperatures of 36.9 in Windsor, 36.4 in London and 36 in Hamilton, all of them record-breakers. Ottawa, meanwhile, reached 36 and Montreal 35.
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