Toronto breaks 86-year-old temperature record
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Toronto broke an 86-year-old weather record Friday, and temperatures are expected to keep climbing.
Toronto broke an 86-year-old weather record Friday, and temperatures are expected to keep climbing.
Unofficial Environment Canada data shows the current temperature at Toronto Pearson International Airport is 11.4 C -- smashing the previous record of 10.6 C in 1938.
Friday’s forecast shows the city will continue to warm up to a high of 13 C for at least a few hours before the weekend, according to CP24 Meteorologist Bill Coulter.
“We should peak at 13 C around 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., peaking for two to three hours, and then temps will slowly pull back to 10 C around 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.,” Coulter said.
Speaking to CP24 Friday morning, Dave Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada, said Toronto City weather records – which have been kept since 1841 and measure the temperature in the city instead of the airport – show the warmest Feb. 9 ever recorded was 10 C. So Friday's temperature effectively breaks a 183-year-old record as well.
A mix of sun and clouds will join Friday’s relative warmth with a risk of isolated shelters in the afternoon.
Saturday will be mainly cloudy with a chance of morning and midday showers and a high of 10 C, according to Coulter. Temperatures will pull back to 3 C on Sunday ahead of a chance of isolated flurries early next week.
