Kyle Sooley-Brookings
Dec 13, 20211 min
A storm system pushed through Atlantic Canada on Saturday night and Sunday. The storm brought a surge of warm air and as a result, several temperature records were broken on Sunday in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland.
Nova Scotia
Brier Island Area (Brier Island)
Tied record of 13.6 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1937
Cheticamp Area (Cheticamp Highlands National Park)
Tied record of 17.1 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1956
Port Hawkesbury Area (Port Hawkesbury)
New record of 14.5
Old record of 13.0 set in 2000
Records in this area have been kept since 1960
Yarmouth Area (Yarmouth A)
New record of 14.1
Old record of 13.9 set in 1887
Records in this area have been kept since 1879
New Brunswick
Doaktown Area (Doaktown Auto RCS)
New record of 12.0
Old record of 10.0 set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1952
Grand Manan Area (Grand Manan Sar CS)
New record of 13.5
Old record of 12.9 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1962
Woodstock Area (Woodstock Newbridge)
New record of 12.6
Old record of 12.2 set in 1957
Records in this area have been kept since 1886
Newfoundland
Burgeo Area (Burgeo NL)
New record of 10.1
Old record of 10.0 set in 1969
Records in this area have been kept since 1939
St. Lawrence Area (St. Lawrence)
New record of 10.9
Old record of 10.8 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1909
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada