A runner’s silhouette along the Ottawa River in late March 2021. Not only is the Ottawa area forecast to feel like spring Tuesday, it’s forecast to feel more like May than March.
PHOTO: (ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
RCI
February 28, 2024
It’s expected to be the hottest February day in Ottawa’s recorded history
Well, if Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and Fred la Marmotte could speak, they’d probably be saying I told you so.
The furry critters saw no shadows Feb. 2, seen as a call for an early spring — but one wonders if they knew it would be this warm.
Forecasters expect daily heat records (new window) in more than a dozen communities across eastern Ontario and western Quebec Tuesday.
Belleville, Kemptville and Picton have set new daily records as of 1 p.m., for example.
Otttawa’s forecast high of 16 C would not only set a daily heat record, but a February one: 12.4 C this same date in 2000.
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