November is turning out some record-breaking temperatures.
It's still early November, and already at least one record has been broken.
On Nov. 4, a temperature of 17.1 C in Greater Sudbury beat out the previous record of 16.1 C set in 1956.
“An unseasonably warm air mass has moved into Northeastern Ontario, resulting in temperatures on Tuesday that were more typical of late summer or early autumn,” said Environment Canada in a weather summary.
It would seem that today's balmy November weather, at 19 C as of 2:22 p.m., will upend a record set in 2008. According to Environment Canada, the mercury rose to 18.4.
That's just short of the warmest day on record for November as a whole, which actually came just a day later. On Nov. 6, 2008, Environment Canada recorded a maximum temperature of 18.5 C.
On the contrary, the coldest Nov. 5 on record was in 1966 at -9.4 C. That's quite warm in comparison to the coldest November day on record. On Nov. 30, 1958, the thermometre dipped to a breath-taking –25 C.
And, at least it's not snowing today, unlike in 1993, when 20 centimetres of the white fluffy stuff fell. But, it was Nov. 3, 1999, when 27 centimetres of snow blanketed the ground.
