Kyle Sooley-Brookings

Sep 19, 20191 min

Temperature Records Broken as Chilly Weather Arrives in Atlantic Canada

The last few mornings have been chilly across Atlantic Canada. It is really starting to feel like fall, and as a result of that, several daily minimum temperature records were set across the region.

In Labrador, Wabush Lake set a new record of -4.4. The old record of -4.2 was set in 2006.

St. Lawrence, NL also set a new record of 1.7. The old record of 2.4 was set in 1989.

Winterland also set a new record of 0.3. The old record of 2.5 was set in 1983.

A couple of temperature records we broke in Nova Scotia also.

Cheticamp Area (Cheticamp Highlands NP)

New record of 2.6

The old record of 3.9 was set in 1961

Records in this area have been kept since 1956

Port Hawkesbury Area (Port Hawkesbury)

New record of 0.0

The old record of 1.1 was set in 1911

Records in this area have been kept since 1875

On Prince Edward Island

Summerside Area (Summerside)

New record of 1.0

The old record of 3.3 was set in 1950

Records in this area have been kept since 1898

Based on ECCC Data