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As predicted and expected a number of weather records were set Friday.
Bill Laidlaw of Signal Weather Services provides a recap of yesterday’s highs:
Atikokan reached 34.3 -old mark was 32.8 set 1932
Dryden reached 35.8 – old mark was 31.7 set 1988
Ear Falls reached 31.5 – tied with the mark set 1988
Fort Frances reached 35.9 – old mark was 31.5 set 1988
Kenora reached 36.0 – old mark was 32.4 set 1988
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As predicted and expected a number of weather records were set Friday and a heat wave is moving through the region, putting most of the region under a heat warning from Environment Canada.
Meteorologist Mark Schuster explains many areas saw record-breaking highs Friday, and forecasts highs in the 30s for “basically anywhere from about Kenora all the way towards Thunder Bay and up towards Red Lake and Sioux Lookout.”
“It looks like these hot temperatures are going to persist into tomorrow,” he notes.
The Red Lake and Ear Falls areas are under a special weather statement but have temperatures similar to those under the heat warning.
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Some wild swings in temperatures in May for the Dryden area.
Bill Laidlaw of Signal Weather Services says that was the weather story of the month as we experienced everything from sun to snow.
The average temperature was 11 degrees, very close to the long term average of 11.2.
Laidlaw says the warmest day was the 18th at 27.5, while the coldest day was -2.6 on May 27.
He notes the late frost after Victoria Day was harsh but not unheard of.
The CKDR Meteorologist says rainfall in May was normal at 43.5 millimetres.
The long term average is 39.6 millimetres.
Laidlaw says we had 10 days of rain and some of us even saw snow on May 25.