44C / 111.2F today!

[DarkSky]

Today was a hot one!

At 1pm it reached 44C (111.2F) here in St. Catharines. We had days a lot hotter last year, but it's only June!

[Optics]

The radio said that 34 was new record for this date.

[DarkSky]

573 
 AWCN11 CWTO 210832
 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE
 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
 AT 4:32 AM EDT THURSDAY 21 JUNE 2012.

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 ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==

A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO
 PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF A HUMIDEX ADVISORY.  A NUMBER OF
 TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN WEDNESDAY.  BELOW IS A LIST
 OF SOME OF THE RECORDS BROKEN.

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 LOCATION             OLD RECORD         NEW RECORD

DELHI                30.7 (2002)          32.4
 WIARTON              30.3 (2002)          30.9
 TORONTO PEARSON      34.4 (1949,1988)     34.6
 BUTTONVILLE AIRPORT  34.0 (1988)          34.7
 KINGSTON             30.0 (1988,1991)     30.6
 OTTAWA               34.8 (1988)          35.0


THIS WEATHER SUMMARY CONTAINS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND MAY NOT
 CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL OR FINAL REPORT.

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