Greater Sudbury has been hit with a few heat waves already in July, but despite a number of scorching hot days, we won't be setting any records for the hottest month.
At the midway point of the month, the mean temperature in Sudbury has been nearly three degrees Celsius warmer than total monthly average, with a mean temperature of 21.7 degrees C compared to the July average of 19.1 degrees C.
"It has been warmer than normal for the first half of the month, but we expect that mean temperature to come down closer to the average as we finish the month," said Peter Kimbell, warning preparedness meteorologist, Environment Canada.
"We're forecasting some cooler than average temperatures in the coming weeks and that should bring that number down a bit."
For those who like historical facts and figures, the warmest recorded month of July for Greater Sudbury was all the way back in 1921, when city saw an average temperature of 23.2 degrees C.
More recently, in July of 1988 the average temperature was 21.9 degrees C.
There is one category where Sudbury has completely blown away the average, and that's days with a maximum temperature above 30 degrees C. On average, Sudbury will see 2.7 days in July where the mercury gets above 30.
So far in July, we've already had six days where the daytime high has soared above the 30 mark.
"The bottom line is that, yes, it has been a warm month so far, but it's not we're not going to be seeing any records being broken," said Kimbell.
"There have been a number of very hot days, but over the course of the month, it looks like Sudbury will be close to their average."
