Weather

AppleGuy · 2025-01-20T00:05:49+00:00

This wouldn't be a Canadian Chat without discussing "the weather". Got some brutal cold happening. And a good chunk of Canada has weather alert. https://weather.gc.ca/?center=62.41779356,-106.13816077&zoom=3

markuswarren

Ugh, not looking forward to the heat here. Looks like England has cooled a little, but will likely be hot next week (again), and it is just no fun when it’s really hot and not a lot / no wind. I was back there in 2022 when it was the hottest day on record and the air just felt so thick and heavy. I very much missed the AC.

Hydraglass

mrweather Not sure how well a water misting type fan will work when relative humidity is high. They’re awesome in dry heat conditions.

I’ve found that with the breeze from the fan they work relatively well even in July in Florida and Georgia - even at higher humidity, the fan forces the fine mist to evaporate relatively quickly.

What I would NOT recommend using is any sort of swamp cooler - as they will actually add humidity to the room in general, and their evaporative cooling isn’t near as much as the electrical heating from running the fan.

If you can be under cool running water (not ice cold) you’ll be the most comfortable - a nice chilly shower (not so cold that it hurts!) will cool you off nicely – if its too cold, one you can cause a heart attack, a-la polar bear plunge – but two - the more important thing is if your body actually FEELS cold it’ll cut circulation to your skin to try to keep you warm inside (like it does in the winter) and if you’ve got poor circulation to your skin, the water can’t carry away your overheatedness. Cool water (77F-80F/24C-25C) will drop your temperature slowly and comfortably, and will help if you’re feeling heat exhaustion, etc. (Maybe don’t do this if you live somewhere water is a precious resource - but for those of us who’s water gets pulled from Lake Ontario and then recycled back into Lake Ontario - we’ve not really got a water conservation issue to get hung up on. Don’t do this in Phoenix or Barstow).

mrweather

30C in my backyard at 10:30 at night. Damn!

Hydraglass

mrweather yeah I saw at 11p Sarnia was the hotspot of all of Canada at 31 C (88F) - that is bloody hot for this time of night. Massive line of thunderstorms moving south and east from a line stretching from Peterborough to Kemptville - passing through the 401 corridor now (11:20pm). I heard some hail pelting my deck a few minutes ago.

mrweather

That area should expect more of that today. I think there was a tornado warning for Kingston at some point yesterday.

29C at my backyard weather station as of 8:25am ET. Dew point is 25C. Lots of energy in the atmosphere. Get some more heat and wild thunderstorms will fire off this afternoon!

ZZZZZZZ

Looks like Summer is here to stay for awhile…hopefully no fires. 🇨🇦🍻🏞️

Hydraglass

ZZZZZZZ

Relatively similar forecast here for the 5 days - a little cooler and chance of rain at the end of the week, but really not looking forward to the mid-40s humidex they are forecasting to come with it today through Wednesday. I’ll feel like I’m swimming through the air again.

digitalfutur

Time to get a tan in Thunder Bay! And it’s a dry heat with that NW wind !

Thane_Bitter

digitalfutur It’s a trap, sure you think you can get some relief from the sun under shade but that is where all the little blood suckers are waiting.

mrweather

Bloodsuckers?

I’ll take 39C and no humidity over 30C and 80% humidity any day.

Somewhat-Reticent

mrweather Long’s you mind your salts (electrolytes) & fluid(s).

Hydraglass

mrweather Bloodsuckers?

Mosquitos - they love the shade on the hot sunny days.

Thane_Bitter

mrweather THEM! (what Hydraglass said) and also deer flies, the latter are like little micro chainsaws that dig into flesh. An afternoon of that and suddenly the full body bug suit doesn’t look so stupid after all.

Cool evening here, only 35°C or 94°F, but with humidity it is feeling like 42°C / 107°F.

digitalfutur

32C at 11 AM in in Toronto. Impressive…on its way to a forecast high of 38.

digitalfutur

Records smashed yest in Northern Ontario

WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:49 A.M. EDT TUESDAY 14 JULY 2026.

DISCUSSION.

THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTHERN ONTARIO SET DAILY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORDS ON JULY 13, 2026 (TEMPERATURE VALUES GIVEN IN
DEGREES CELSIUS):

ARMSTRONG
NEW RECORD OF 40.8
OLD RECORD OF 35.0 SET IN 1936
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1930

EAR FALLS
NEW RECORD OF 36.7
OLD RECORD OF 33.0 SET IN 1983
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1928

GREENSTONE (GERALDTON)
NEW RECORD OF 37.1
OLD RECORD OF 35.0 SET IN 2006
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1948

LAKE SUPERIOR PROVINCIAL PARK
NEW RECORD OF 30.1
OLD RECORD OF 29.2 SET IN 2012
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1940

PEAWANUCK
NEW RECORD OF 33.6
OLD RECORD OF 30.0 SET IN 1964
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1959

PICKLE LAKE
NEW RECORD OF 37.4
OLD RECORD OF 33.8 SET IN 2006
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1930

RED LAKE
NEW RECORD OF 35.2
OLD RECORD OF 32.8 SET IN 2018
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1930

SIOUX LOOKOUT AREA
NEW RECORD OF 37.5
OLD RECORD OF 35.0 SET IN 1936
RECORDS IN THIS AREA HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1914

MichelR

It was cool-ish this morning, around 20 C, and it was rather dark. At some point we got a pretty brutal thunderstorm (knocked out my biggest UPS) and after that it was still darker than normal and kind of orange. It took several hours before it really felt like day. We also had a tornado watch in effect, not sure that’s still on the table as I can see some sun and nothing that strikes me as threatening on the horizon. We’re now at 31 C and very humid. That caught me by surprise as I had opened my windows and then though, “why does the air feel so damp in here,” and that’s when I noticed it had gotten a lot warmer outside. So, closed the windows and fired up the A/C. There were some areas, like La Tuque and Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, where the sky was pitch-black at 11am.

Saw a simple text meme during a bad heat wave last summer: “It’s disrespectful outside.”

Edit: “Tornado warning” is now “Several thunderstorm warning” for the area. (Trois-Rivières, Qc)

Edit 2: This is in French, but a picture is worth a thousand words: The first one is La Tuque in late morning. The second one is similar to what we had here for several hours after the thunderstorm this morning: https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2026-07-14/chaleur-record-et-veille-de-tornade/ambiance-de-nuit-a-la-tuque-le-quebec-sur-le-qui-vive.php

Somewhat-Reticent

Thane_Bitter little micro chainsaws

“Oh no, we don’t have chiggers in Houston” while slathering herbal repellent.
Tiny ( larval arachnid ) Langoliers. Not my fave recollection.

Think I’ll blend a mango jamocha LowCarb LowFat HiProt HiFibe smoothie.
Maybe add a cherry or two.

Thane_Bitter

Somewhat-Reticent At least for now Winter has been able to keep that particular annoyance largely out.

ZZZZZZZ

8pm and it’s still 32° …going to be hot for a couple of weeks here. 😨🥵🌞

mrweather

7am and 26C here right now. And they skies are hazy with Northern Ontario forest fire smoke.

KingB71

Toronto top of the list for the world’s worst air quality today

iqair.com/ca/world-air-quality-ranking

Dks01

KingB71 Kitchener has it twice as bad.

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