Western Canada continues to be firmly in the grip of its first major heat wave of 2021, with temperatures that have the potential to eclipse all-time highs set over the weekend.
The high of 46.6 degrees Celsius hit in Lytton, British Columbia on Sunday broke an 84-year-old record for highest temperature ever reached in Canada. But the new standard may not last more than a day as Environment and Climate Change Canada forecast highs of 47C on both Monday and Tuesday for Lytton, and a high of 47C also predicted on Tuesday for nearby Lillooet, B.C.
In the eastern part of the country, while not part of the dome that has led to high temperatures in Western Canada and parts of the U.S., there was also unseasonable heat, with southern parts of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and eastern Ontario covered by heat warnings, and much of southern Ontario, including Toronto, subject to weather statements warning of hot and humid weather.
“The warmest moment for most of the country is towards the end of July and early August. Those are the dog days of summer. But here we are not even out of June yet and we’ve established a new all-time record. So this is clearly early for it,” Phillips added.that it set a record for electricity demand of 8,106 megawatts on Sunday night, which broke a previous record set on Saturday.
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