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Tweeting from Cape Breton and Halifax, NS. Founder/manager of the Cape Breton Mesonet. Meteorological Inspector for Environment and Climate Change Canada 🇨🇦
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined August 2012
Another historic day: this time in eastern Nova Scotia. Sydney set a new October record of 27.4°C, breaking the old record of 27.2°C in 1881. Records began 1870! Ingonish Beach also set a new October record with 29.6°C, breaking previous record of 28.5°C in 2010 #nswx
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Widespread temperatures above 30°C in Nova Scotia New Brunswick today Windsor unofficially broke the October Nova Scotia record with 31.8°C. Previous record 31.1°C at Halifax in 1930 The Oct 1930 heat event was historic, which makes today’s temps all the more impressive! #nswx
‼️HISTORIC HEAT IN ATLANTIC CANADA‼️ NEW BRUNSWICK 🌡️31.1°C Kouchibouguac ➡️ OCTOBER PROVINCIAL RECORD TIED PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 🌡️28.7°C Stanhope ➡️ OCTOBER PROVINCIAL RECORD NOVA SCOTIA 🌡️30.5°C Upper Stewiacke ➡️ 0.6°C from the OCTOBER PROVINCIAL RECORD #NBstorm #NSstorm
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Another historically hot day in Nova Scotia: 37.6°C Oxford 37.6°C Salt Springs 37.4°C South Ingonish Harbour 36.8°C Keble 35.9°C Wyvern 35.7°C Four Mile Brook 35.7°C Westchester Station 34.9°C Margaree Forks 34.7°C Bridgewater 33.8°C Moose Lake (elevation 450m) #nswx
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‼️HISTORIC HEAT IN EASTERN CANADA‼️ 🌡️38.6°C Miramichi, NB, only 0.8°C from the NB all-time record! 🌡️38.1°C Maple Plains, PE = ALL-TIME RECORD for PE! 🌡️36.7°C Badger, NL = ALL-TIME RECORD for NEWFOUNDLAND. More data with help of @Pat_wx, @CBmesonet & @rcbstormpost. #NBstorm
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🌡️35.3°C Goose Bay, NL, monthly record tied. It ties the August Labrador record set at the same station in 1996. The August provincial record remains at 36.7°C, set in Botwood and Wooddale Bishop's Falls in 1976. Monthly record also in Mary's Harbour with 34.5°C. #NLstorm
=TIED MONTHLY RECORD= 🌡️ High of 35.3°C at Goose Bay (#YYR) today ties the August monthly extreme maximum, last set on Aug 8, 1996 (data since 1942). Also makes for the warmest Tmax since July 1, 2002. Warm to hot Monday across the province as the sizzling #NLwx continues.
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Exceptional temperatures in Nova Scotia today #nswx 37.1°C South Ingonish Harbour 36.2°C Ingonish Beach (XIB) 35.8°C Upper Stewiacke (AOH) 35.6°C Bridgewater 35.6°C Hardwood Lands 35.5°C Oxford 35.2°C Antigonish 34.9°C Ingonish 34.7°C Kejimkujik Park (WKG) 34.3°C Tracadie (XTD)
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Yet another very hot day in Cape Breton! Maximum temperatures: 35.0°C South Ingonish Harbour 34.7°C Ingonish 34.2°C Ingonish Beach (XIB) 34.1°C Big Intervale 33.7°C South Harbour 31.1°C Moose Lake (elev. 450 meters) #nswx
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Textbook example of Sydney meso-low today. Hourly animation 10am—6pm as easterly marine layer holds steady on E side of CB Highlands (Ingonish Beach). Meanwhile, Sydney area enjoys hottest day of the summer thus far in W flow on S side of low, reaching 32.3°C (90°F) at AQY #nswx
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Blisteringly hot day across much of Nova Scotia, with the ECCC station at Kejimkujik Park setting a new all time June record of 34.4°C. Previous record 34.0°C Air temperatures were warmer still to the northeast, with Bridgewater reaching 34.8°C, and Windsor 35.7°C #nswx
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‼️RECORD HEAT IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 🇨🇦‼️ 🌡️34.3°C Hay River [61°N] ➡️ MAY TERRITORIAL RECORD, breaking 33.3°C at the same station in 1948! MAY RECORDS DESTROYED 🌡️33.4°C Fort Smith 🌡️32.6°C Fort Providence & Łutselkʼe 🌡️30.2°C Whatì 🌡️28.7°C Yellowknife #NTstorm
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Interesting to see how terrain can impede flow of the cold front in some areas more than others, creeping low to the surface as it undercuts much warmer air aloft #nswx
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With just a few hours left in the day, today’s high and low temperatures at Bay St. Lawrence are remarkably warm for mid March! Maximum 21.6°C Minimum 15.6°C Average 18.6°C #nswx
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Maximum temperatures today #nswx 21.6°C Bay St. Lawrence 20.5°C Dingwall Harbour 20.4°C Cheticamp River 20.2°C Ingonish 19.9°C South Ingonish Harbour 19.8°C Cape North 19.8°C Smelt Brook ECCC stations: 19.9°C Cheticamp 19.9°C Greenwood 19.8°C Ingonish Beach 19.8°C Kentville
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Surprisingly warm day over northeastern Nova Scotia with temperature reaching 19.2°C at Antigonish Harbour (Jimtown). #nswx
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2024 year summary at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia: likely warmest place in province. Mean temp 9.3°C, identical to 2023, slightly below 9.4°C in 2022. 2021 may have been warmer. Several warm years lately. Regional temperature trend/modulation upward post 2020 is a theme here. #nswx
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