Temperatures Reach 30 in Southern Ontario

The first day of October did not feel like October across southern Ontario.

The area was rewarded with a warm air mass.

Several stations set new record high temperatures. Here is a summary:

Toronto Pearson International Airport

New record of 31.8

Old record of 29.5 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1938

Windsor Airport

New record of 30.7

Old record of 30 set in 1952

Records have been kept since 1940

London Airport

New record of 29

Old record of 28.1 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1940

Guelph Turf Grass

New record of 28.3

Old record of 27 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1995

Hamilton Airport

New record of 30

Old record of 27 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1960

Chatham-Kent

New record of 30.5

Old record of 30 set in 1922

Records have been kept since 1889

Delhi

New record of 29.9

Old record of 26.1 set in 1971

Records have been kept since 1934

Elora RCS

New record of 28.2

Old record of 27.8 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1969

Toronto Buttonville

New record of 30.4

Old record of 29.7 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1986

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

New record of 25.2

Old record of 24.7 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1957

Borden

New record of 29.8

Old record of 26.4 set in 2007

Records have been kept since 2004

Peterborough (NCA)

New record of 28.5

Old record of 27.3 set in 2002

Records have been kept since 1969

Ridgetown RCS

New record of 30.3

Old record of 28.9 set in 1897

Records have been kept since 1886

Based on ECCC Data