Category: Hot
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Near Record August 19? 5th Warmest July ever.
While yesterday, August 19, wasn’t an alltime record breaker, that goes to August 19, 1908 at 37.8C out Beaver Creek, we did come very close to a “modern” day (post 1950) record. The highest temperature recorded after 1950 by other stations around the Valley is 34.4 at McCoy Lake in 1961 and Robertson Creek at…
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Back to the Heat – Typhoons
Looks like we’re set up for some nice weather again starting today and warming up into Monday and Tuesday next week. Funny you know, if it was any other summer we’d be looking at those 30 and 31C temperatures and going WOW it’s going to be HOT. But not this summer. 🙂 My kids will…
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We got some rain!
Whether we get more, is up for debate. It looks like the front and stream coming off the Pacific has gone through and is affecting the Seattle area more than us. We’ll probably get some more rain… maybe… before we go back to sun. I heard on the Seattle news last night that the last…
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The Heat Wave is Finally Over
Well, yesterday the Airport only reached (ha!) 31C… so that’s not heatwave material! That means our little heat wave will go down in history tied for 4th along with 1908 with 9 straight days over 32C. Here’s how the two heatwave breakdown side by side: 4th Longest Heat Wave of 1908 ——- Heat Wave of…
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Going for the record…
We might not have set the All Time record ever for Port Alberni in this heat wave, but there is still one record to shoot for… and at least it can be a little less unpleasant. 🙂 As I’ve mentioned in previous postings, Dave Jones of Environment Canada has been quoted in the AV Times…