RECORD HIGHS MARCH 2012

[Cyclenall]

I heard 36+ records were broken in Ontario alone yesterday. That is the highest I've ever heard of for any temperature event year 'round. There are some special weather statements by EC that show dense fog overnight for most areas of southern Ontario:

WOCN11 CWTO 191937
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:37 PM EDT MONDAY 19 MARCH 2012.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= CITY OF TORONTO
=NEW= WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT
=NEW= SARNIA - LAMBTON
=NEW= ELGIN
=NEW= LONDON - MIDDLESEX
=NEW= SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK
=NEW= DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND
=NEW= OXFORD - BRANT
=NEW= NIAGARA
=NEW= CITY OF HAMILTON
=NEW= HALTON - PEEL
=NEW= YORK - DURHAM
=NEW= HURON - PERTH
=NEW= WATERLOO - WELLINGTON
=NEW= DUFFERIN - INNISFIL
=NEW= GREY - BRUCE
=NEW= BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND
=NEW= BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND
=NEW= KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD
=NEW= PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES
=NEW= STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC
=NEW= BANCROFT - BON ECHO PARK
=NEW= BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE
=NEW= CITY OF OTTAWA
=NEW= GATINEAU
=NEW= PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL
=NEW= CORNWALL - MORRISBURG
=NEW= SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE
=NEW= PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA
=NEW= HALIBURTON
=NEW= RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY
=NEW= ALGONQUIN
=NEW= BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.

EXTENSIVE DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

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==DISCUSSION==
EXTENSIVE AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING. REDUCED
VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED BELOW 200 METRES AND TEMPORARILY
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ZERO. THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE SUNRISE HOWEVER A FEW AREAS MAY PERSIST
INTO THE LATER MORNING.

MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE EXTRA CAUTION AS DRIVING CONDITIONS
COULD BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY.

THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS AS
WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED OR EXTENDED.

PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT http://WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA

END/OSPC

Link: http://dd.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/bullet ... 37___01451

There are more for the central part of Ontario but I got this from a tweet and then went on EC's website to find it but instead found the "Special Weather Statements" section that is in the same format as the warnings. When I checked Ontario I found something I never even knew existed (at treasure trove of statements from EC like from the NWS!). Here are some from today:

WOCN12 CWTO 200418
Special weather statement
Updated by Environment Canada
At 12:18 AM EDT Tuesday 20 March 2012.
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Special weather statement for:
=new= Kirkland Lake - New Liskeard - Temagami
Sault Ste. Marie - St. Joseph Island
Searchmont - Montreal River Harbour - Batchawana Bay
Greater Sudbury and vicinity
Elliot Lake - Ranger Lake
North Bay - West Nipissing.

Areas of dense fog this morning.


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==discussion==
Areas of fog have begun to develop over the regions early this
morning. Visibilities below 200 metres can be expected with near zero
visibilities possible at times. The fog is expected to dissipate
This morning with the sunrise however it may persist until late
morning in a few areas.

Motorists are encouraged to take extra caution as driving conditions
could be hazardous due to low visibility.

Please monitor the latest forecasts and warnings from Environment
Canada at http://WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA.

End

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AWCN13 CWTO 200226
Weather summary for Northern Ontario issued by
Environment Canada at 10:25 PM EDT Monday 19 March 2012.

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==weather event discussion==

A very early feast of spring-like warmth today.

Very mild air, more typical of late spring, combined with the
Strong March sun has resulted in a number of new record maximum
temperature records being set for Monday 19-mar-2012. In some
Cases, the new record high shattered the previous record by more
Than ten degrees celcius. Normal daytime highs for this time of the
year are near the freezing mark across much of Northern Ontario.
Please refer to the table below for more details.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Location new temperature record previous record

Moosonee 20.0 9.2 (2002)
Lansdowne House 22.4 8.1 (2001)
Pickle Lake 20.9 10.0 (2000)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.



END/OSPC

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AWCN12 CWTO 200201
Weather summary for Northern Ontario issued by
Environment Canada at 10:00 PM EDT Monday 19 March 2012.

-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==

A very early feast of spring-like warmth continued today.

Very mild air, more typical of mid to late spring, combined with the
strong March sun has resulted in a number of new record maximum
temperature records being set for Monday 19-mar-2012. In some
Cases, the new record high shattered the previous record by more
Than ten degrees celcius. Normal daytime highs for this time of the
year are near the freezing mark across much of Northern Ontario.
Please refer to the table below for more details.

This warm spell will is expected to last into mid week for
Northeastern Ontario. Hence is it likely that many more maximum
temperature records will be set in the next few days.

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Location new temperature record previous record

Kenora 23.8 11.3 (2000)
Red Lake 23.2 11.2 (2000)
Sioux Lookout 21.9 13.9 (1946)
Fort Frances 26.0 10.0 (2000)
Thunder Bay 17.4 12.2 (1946)
Upsala 22.9 9.8 (2003)
Geraldton 20.7 11.0 (1987)
Kapuskasing 25.1 11.7 (1970)
Timmins 23.6 12.2 (1970,1979)
Chapleau 23.9 9.5 (1980)
Wawa 20.0 10.3 (2003)
Sault Ste Marie 21.3 11.1 (1976)
Sudbury 20.3 8.3 (1970)
North Bay 22.8 11.7 (1946)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

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AWCN11 CWTO 200145
Updated weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and the
National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada
At 9:28 PM EDT Monday 19 March 2012.

-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==

A very early feast of almost summer-like warmth continues.

Very warm air, more typical of late may or early June, combined
With the strong March sun has resulted in a number of new record
maximum temperature records being set for Monday 19-mar-2012.
Please refer to the table below for more details.

This warm spell is projected to last until late this week, and will
provide many more opportunities for new record maximum temperatures
to be set over the next few days across Southern Ontario. It is also
quite possible that a few locales may experience the longest stretch
of days in a row in March where the temperature reaches or exceeds
20.0 c.

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Location new temperature record previous record

Windsor 23.9 20.6 (1945)
London 22.3 17.8 (2010)
Kitchener-Waterloo 24.0 17.7 (2010)
Hamilton 23.5 16.2 (2010)
Mount Forest 23.0 16.7 (2010)
Wiarton 22.9 12.5 (2010)
Toronto Pearson 22.8 19.1 (2010)
Buttonville 23.3 19.4 (2010)
Barrie 23.3 17.9 (2010)
Borden 25.1 19.7 (2010)
Trenton 21.8 13.9 (1945)
Kingston 18.6 11.6 (2010)
Peterborough 23.4 16.0 (2010)
Muskoka 24.2 15.1 (2010)
Parry Sound 23.6 10.6 (2010)
Algonquin east gate 23.6 12.7 (2010)
Ottawa 24.8 16.0 (2010)
Petawawa 22.4 12.0 (2010)


This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

Time Sensitive Link: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings ... ml?prov=on

This is a spectacular list as you can see. Notice the vast number of records are breaking just 2 year old records but by a lot. I don't know if that page is just for the last 24 hours of SWS's or not. tropicana, do you know about these and get some of your info from it? I'm seeing a bunch that don't appear on your list that are straight from EC. If you didn't know about this then wow what a find!

I added more tweets on Page 3 and some of them are older ones that are posted at the top of each "category". One that stuck out was the quote from EC's senior climatologist David Philips about how winter was truly cancelled this time (I find that to be very strong wording from someone like him but I 100% agree). I actually find it pretty hilarious as well and can just imagine the thoughts going through his head. It would be awesome to have a conversation with him on it.

TWN Article on Record Breaking Heat March 19 2012

Oh, and happy Spring everyone in the Northern Hemisphere!

[Cyclenall]

Well temperatures are going crazy high today yet again and so far records are being annihilated and that process started at noon today. So far places like Owen Sound and Windsor are already at 25ºC as of 1:00 pm which is extremely impressive. Hopefully the skies remain clear and the wind will be calm so that the temp. rises significantly. It's also 30ºC in Chicago I think (don't know if it was current or forecasted).

Waterloo ON reported today that they had the warmest winter ever with records going back 100 years.

Here is another first for this epic event:

WLCN11 CWTO 201640
Smog advisory
Issued jointly by Environment Canada and the Ontario ministry of the
environment at 12:40 PM EDT Tuesday 20 March 2012.

Smog advisory issued for..
City of Hamilton.

Today will be a day of elevated air pollution. Help spare
The air by taking public transit or by car pooling. The air
Quality index is expected to exceed the poor threshold
Of 50..Due to fine particulate matter.

Today skies will be clear with light winds and a stagnant
Weather pattern. Pollutants from Ontario sources will accumulate and
produce smog.

You can help reduce air pollution by driving less and avoiding
The use of gas powered equipment..Solvents..Aerosol sprays and
Oil based paints.

During the episode heavy outdoor activities may cause respiratory
symptoms such as coughing or shortness of breath. People with heart
or lung disease including asthma may experience a worsening of their
condition.

Higher pollution levels may persist through
Thursday.

For further information visit the website http://WWW.AIRQUALITYONTARIO.COM
or contact the ministry of the environment at (416)-314-6666.

END/OSPC/MOE

[Nate-Gillson]

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
432 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 76 SET IN 1938.

7th consecutive day of record high temperatures. Will it end tomorrow?

[combellack]

Hard to be sure with EC not reporting temps for Ottawa yesterday and part of today but i would say we beat the record by 11 am and ended up at 25 later today. Personally i think tomorrow will be the hottest one for eastern Ontario and would not be suprised in the least to see the all time march record 26.4 fall on Wednesday. Just as a note Ottawa has not seen a 20 degree day in march since 2006.

[tropicana]

Record Highs Tue Mar 20 2012

Mount Washington NH 49F
International Falls MN 61F tied 1987
Mount Mansfield VT 62F
Duluth MN 62F
Sturgeon Bay WI 68F
Saulte Ste Marie MI 69F
Eau Claire WI 69F
Islip NY 71F
Binghampton NY 72F
Caribou ME 73F **tie March record, Mar 30 1962**
La Crosse WI 74F
Watertown NY 74F
Marshfield WI 75F
Houtlon ME 75F
Rhinelander WI 76F
Cedar Rapids IA 77F
Erie PA 77F
Cape Hatteras NC 77F
Blacksburg VA 77F
North Myrtle Beach SC 77F
Montpelier VT 78F
Albany NY 78F
Wausau WI 78F
Bangor ME 78F
St Johnsbury VT 78F
Marquette MI 78F **March record, tied Mar 18 and 19 2012**
Massena NY 79F
Syracruse NY 79F
Green Bay WI 80F
Dubuque IA 80F
Concord NH 80F
Burlington IA 80F
Burlington VT 80F **warmest so early**
Buffalo NY 80F
Pittsburgh PA 80F
Youngstown OH 80F
Appleton WI 81F
Oshkosh WI 81F
Wisconsin Rapids WI 81F
Houghton Lake MI 81F **all time March record**
Elkins WV 81F tied 1921
Peoria IL 81F
Madison WI 81F
Akron OH 81F
Mansfield OH 81F
New Bern NC 81F
Toledo OH 82F
Moline IL 82F
Muskegon MI 82F **all time March record**
Springfield IL 82F
Morgantown WV 82F
Bluefield WV 82F
Beckley WV 82F
Detroit MI 82F
Indianapolis IN 83F
Dayton OH 83F
South Bend IN 83F
Grand Rapids MI 83F
Milwaukee WI 83F **warmest so early and all time March record**
St Louis MO 83F tied 1948
Danville VA 83F
Lansing MI 83F
Lincoln IL 83F tied 1921
Rockford IL 83F
Paducah KY 83F tied 1948
Lexington KY 83F
Saginaw MI 83F
Cleveland OH 83F
Cincinnati OH 83F
Alpena MI 84F **all time March record**
Nashville TN 84F
Colombus OH 84F
Flint MI 84F
Zanesville OH 84F
Fort Wayne IN 84F**warmest so early**
Evansville IN 84F
London KY 85F
Chicago O'Hare IL 85F *3rd warmest March day**
Bowling Green KY 85F tied 1921
Colombus GA 85F tied 2004
Chattanooga TN 85F tied 1948
Morristown TN 85F
Knoxville TN 85F
Louisville KY 85F tied 1894
Tupelo MS 85F tied 1948
Jackson TN 85F
Memphis TN 85F
Jackson KY 86F
Traverse City MI 86F
Tuscaloosa AL 87F tied 2004


CANADIAN RECORD HIGHS


Charlottetown PEI 13.2C 56F
Kenora ON 14.3C 58F
Sydney NS 16.0C 61F
Sioux Lookout ON 16.4C 61F
Fort Frances ON 16.5C 62F
Geraldton ON 16.9C 62F
Greenwood NS 20.1C 68F
Halifax NS 20.8C 69F
Moncton NB 21.0C 70F
Kingston ON 21.2C 70F
Thunder Bay ON 21.5C 72F
Toronto Pearson ON 21.9C 72F (avg high 6C 42F)
Saulte Ste Marie ON 22.0C 72F (avg high 3C 38F)
Markham Buttonville ON 23.1C 74F
Sudbury ON 23.1C 74F (avg high 2C 35F) **all time March record**
Wawa ON 23.1C 74F
Moosonee ON 23.4C 74F (norm high for Mar 20 is -4C 25F, nearly 50 degrees Farenheit above average)
Montreal Dorval QC 23.5C 74F (avg high 4C 40F)
Barrie ON 23.7C 75F
Peterborough ON 23.7C 75F
Fredericton NB 23.9C 75F **all time March record**
Sherbrooke QC 24.0C 75F **all time March record**
Petawawa ON 24.0C 75F
Hamilton ON 24.2C 76F
North Bay ON 24.4C 76F **all time March record**
London ON 24.7C 77F
Muskoka ON 24.8C 77F
Parry Sound ON 24.8C 77F
Welland ON 24.9C 77F
Goderich ON 25.0C 77F
Wiarton ON 25.1C 77F
Kitchener-Waterloo ON 25.3C 77F
Ottawa ON 25.8C 78F
Timmins ON 26.1C 79F **all time March record**
Kapuskasing ON 26.2C 79F **all time March record**
Sarnia ON 26.4C 79F **all time March record**
Collingwood ON 27.0C 81F
Windsor ON 27.0C 81F (avg high 8C 47F) **all time March record**

-justin-

[Nicko999]

3th straight 20C+ day in Montreal... this is obviously a record for March and the last time we had such streak in April was in 2008 (with 8 straight).

[CrazyC83]

86 in northern Michigan. Unbelieveable.

[Nicko999]

The list is probably a lot longer but Windsor, Sarnia, Kapuskasing (by a lot), Timmins (by a lot), Maniwaki, North Bay, Sherbrooke, Fredericton, Sudbury and Bagotville all broke all-time March high

[tropicana]

The list is probably a lot longer but Windsor, Sarnia, Kapuskasing (by a lot), Timmins (by a lot), Maniwaki, North Bay, Sherbrooke, Fredericton, Sudbury and Bagotville all broke all-time March high

thanks nicko, oh how the weather has gone complete bonkers! grass has turned ultra green in niagara falls in just the matter of the last few days, most trees still not budding though

[Nicko999]

I just have no words to describe this heat wave...

7 consecutive days of 20C+ in Windsor: obviously a record for March... the last time they had such long streak of 20C+ days in April was in 1990, from the 23th to the 30th!!!

Last freeze in Windsor was March 10th!!!

Windsor also had the earliest 30C humidex ever recorded in Canada today

Montreal is also at 3 consecutive 20C+ days...

[Cyclenall]

Here are the Special Weather Statements from EC today on the insane event (39 records broken today in Ontario alone!):

AWCN12 CWTO 210405
UPDATED WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 12:03 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH 2012.

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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING. BUT IT FELT LIKE THE FIRST
DAY OF SUMMER IN PARTS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO. WE ARE NEARING THE END
OF AN HISTORIC WARM SPELL ACROSS ONTARIO WITH RECORD TEMPERATURES
TUMBLING BY THE DOZEN EVERY DAY. ALMOST 160 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORDS HAVE BEEN REWRITTEN OVER THE PAST WEEK ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
SOME RECORDS HAVE BEEN SHATTERED BY AS MUCH AS 14 DEGREES.

NORMALLY WE ARE STILL FEELING THE CHILL OF WINTER'S FINAL BREATH.
BUT INSTEAD, WORDS SUCH AS HUMIDEX, DAFFODILS AND PATIO WEATHER
ARE ON EVERYBODY'S LIPS. EVEN ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO THE SNOW
PACK HAS BEEN MELTING AT INCONCEIVABLE RATES. FOR INSTANCE,
GERALDTON REPORTED 31 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND ON MARCH
18TH. TWO DAYS LATER IT HAD VIRTUALLY ALL MELTED.

IT APPEARS THAT THIS MARCH WILL LIKELY BE THE WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD FOR SOME PLACES.

THIS WARM SPELL WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO
BEFORE A COLD FRONT WILL INTRODUCE SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR.

BELOW ARE RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET ON TUESDAY
20-MAR-2012. PLEASE REFER TO THE TABLE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.

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LOCATION NEW TEMPERATURE RECORD PREVIOUS RECORD

KENORA 14.3 14.2 (1987)
RED LAKE 15.8 12.8 (1945,1987)
SIOUX LOOKOUT 16.4 14.1 (1987)
FORT FRANCES 16.5 14.5 (1987)
THUNDER BAY 21.5 13.3 (1946)
UPSALA 18.5 9.4 (1961)
GERALDTON 16.9 9.4 (1987)
KAPUSKASING 26.2 16.1 (1946)
TIMMINS 26.1 13.6 (1979)
CHAPLEAU 25.3 15.6 (1946)
WAWA 23.1 8.6 (1987)
SAULT STE MARIE 22.0 16.1 (1946)
SUDBURY 23.1 10.2 (1979)
NORTH BAY 24.4 14.4 (1946)

THIS WEATHER SUMMARY CONTAINS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND MAY NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL OR FINAL REPORT.

END/OSPC
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AWCN13 CWTO 210403
Updated weather summary for Northern Ontario issued by
Environment Canada at 12:02 AM EDT Wednesday 21 March 2012.

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==weather event discussion==

Yesterday was first day of spring, and very mild air continues across
the region with the mercury topping the 20 degree mark in many
communities.

A few ( ) record maximum temperature records were set for Tuesday
20-mar-2012 and are listed in the table below. Normal daytime
Highs for this time of the year are near the freezing mark across
much of Northern Ontario.

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Location new temperature record previous record

Moosonee 23.4 15.6 (1946)
Lansdowne House 19.8 8.3 (1961,1970,1987)
Pickle Lake 18.7 12.4 (1987)
Big Trout Lake 15.3 9.1 (1987)
Peawanuck 9.7 4.8 (2011)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

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AWCN11 CWTO 210115
Updated weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and the
National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada
At 9:01 PM EDT Tuesday 20 March 2012.

-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==

Today is the first day of spring. But it feels like the first day
Of summer. We are in the midst of an historic warm spell across
Ontario with record temperatures tumbling by the dozen every day.
Almost 160 daily high temperature records have been rewritten over
the past week across the province. Some records have been shattered
by as much as 14 degrees.

Normally we are still feeling the chill of winter's final breath.
But instead, words such as humidex, daffodils and patio weather
Are on everybody's lips. Even across Northern Ontario the snow
Pack has been melting at inconceivable rates. For instance,
Geraldton reported 31 centimetres of snow on the ground on March
18th. Two days later it had virtually all melted.

It appears that this March will likely be the warmest March on
Record for some places. In Toronto (Pearson airport), the previous
record warm March was 1946 with an average temperature of 5.2
Degrees (the average of all high and low temperatures), where
normally the average is -0.4 degrees for Pearson. Given the
Forecast trends for the final days of March, it appears this record
may be handily broken. In fact, March 2012 May go down as the month
with the warmest departure from normal of any month for Toronto,
including downtown where records began in 1840! The hottest March
Day ever recorded at Pearson was 25.6 set back in 1946 on March
28th. This may very well be broken on Thursday of this week.

This warm spell is also remarkable for its duration. It is more
reminiscent of a persistent summer heatwave. The warm spell is
projected to last through Thursday after which a cold front will
introduce somewhat cooler air (but still above normal) on Friday.

Below are record maximum temperature records set on Tuesday
20-mar-2012. Please refer to the table below for more details.

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Location new temperature record previous record

Windsor 27.0 19.4 (1976)
London 25.1 16.7 (1976)
Kitchener-Waterloo 25.3 20.0 (1918)
Hamilton 24.2 17.8 (1976)
Mount Forest 24.1 18.9 (1918)
Wiarton 25.1 15.9 (1995)
Toronto downtown 20.9 19.4 (1918)
Toronto Pearson 21.9 18.3 (1976)
Buttonville 23.1 13.2 (1995)
Barrie 23.4 17.2 (1921)
Orillia 24.0 19.4 (1903)
Borden 26.2 13.3 (1968)
Trenton 23.3 14.4 (1946)
Kingston 21.2 5.9 (2010)
Peterborough 23.7 5.3 (2005,2010)
Muskoka 24.8 15.0 (1946)
Parry Sound 24.8 4.9 (2005)
Algonquin east gate 24.5 15.0 (1918)
Ottawa 25.8 14.6 (1995)
Petawawa 24.0 13.9 (1979)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

Time Sensitive Link: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings ... ml?prov=on

86 in northern Michigan. Unbelieveable.

I added the smilie in there. One of the most interesting items in that is the record for Parry Sound ON which broke the previous record by almost 20ºC (for the new weather station). Along with that 30ºC in northern Michigan yesterday, these inconceivable records have now surpassed Dennis and Emily occurring in July in the Atlantic basin. I know I'm comparing apples to oranges here but still. If somewhere in Ontario reaches 30ºC it will be just as amazing as Hurricane Katrina was.

Hard to be sure with EC not reporting temps for Ottawa yesterday and part of today but i would say we beat the record by 11 am and ended up at 25 later today. Personally i think tomorrow will be the hottest one for eastern Ontario and would not be suprised in the least to see the all time march record 26.4 fall on Wednesday. Just as a note Ottawa has not seen a 20 degree day in march since 2006.

In my first post on this page Ottawa was on there with the record broken.

Moosonee ON 23.4C 74F (norm high for Mar 20 is -4C 25F, nearly 50 degrees Farenheit above average)

27.4ºC above average...another insane one to add to the list that is now "groaning" . Most amount of "all time March records" I've seen in Ontario/Canada. A wonder Collingwood ON didn't break it; should check that. The amount of meta-data that could be derived is impressive. I'm exhausted following this.

thanks nicko, oh how the weather has gone complete bonkers! grass has turned ultra green in niagara falls in just the matter of the last few days, most trees still not budding though

Same here, the trees however are budding and down south flowers are becoming full bloom. I just have to ask, did you read what I posted at the start of this page? It might save you some time .

Owen Sound ON looks to have broke a record by reaching 25ºC early in the afternoon before falling quickly later on. The almanac shows that the record was 23.9ºC set back in 1903 so a 109 year old record gone. Wiarton ON might be the station used for that area but its close enough. The Collingwood ON one also destroyed a 1903 record. After checking Collingwood ON I'm pretty certain it broke an all time March record as well but unofficially. As for Parry Sound ON, another weather station that has 100 years of data that is no longer in use has the record at 20.6 °C in 1903 so that means its not really as amazing as it appears ((4.9ºC 2005) is from a new station).

I just have no words to describe this heat wave...

Well that makes two of us. I've run out of adjectives to convey it like during the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

I added more tweets on Page 3.

[CrazyC83]

I would laugh if somewhere way up north like in Northern Michigan were to hit 90 today. But it just might happen.

[Dave]

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
245 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

...MONTHLY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT COLUMBUS...

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES SET AT PORT COLUMBUS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY...MARCH 20TH...TIES THE RECORD FOR
THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER IN MARCH. 84 DEGREES WAS PREVIOUSLY
REACHED ON MARCH 24 1910 AND MARCH 25 1929.

THIS ALSO SETS THE RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST DATE IN THE YEAR THAT 84
DEGREES HAS BEEN REACHED.

$$

[CrazyC83]

So far the warmest I have found is Traverse City at 87, although it is probably close to 90 in some areas not sampled.

[cycloneye]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
506 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

...RECORD HIGH ALL-TIME TEMPERATURES IN MARCH SET AT
DETROIT...FLINT...AND SAGINAW MI...

THIS UNPRECEDENTED MARCH HEAT HAS BROKEN MORE RECORDS TODAY.
READINGS TODAY WILL LIKELY BE THE HIGHEST IN THIS STRETCH OF
EXCEPTIONALLY WARM WEATHER. JUST YESTERDAY...RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WERE TIED OR BROKEN. SINCE
TODAYS READINGS WERE EVEN HIGHER...ALL THREE CLIMATE SITES IN
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HAVE NOW BROKEN THEIR ALL TIME RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

DETROIT METRO AIRPORT (DTW)...THE HIGH REACHED 84 DEGREES TODAY.
THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 82 WHICH OCCURRED BOTH YESTERDAY
(MARCH 20) AND MARCH 28 1945.

FLINT (FNT)...THE HIGH REACHED 86 DEGREES TODAY. THIS BROKE THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 84 WHICH OCCURRED YESTERDAY (MARCH 20). PRIOR TO
YESTERDAY...THE RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH WAS 82 SET ON MARCH 22 1938.

SAGINAW TRI CITIES AIRPORT (MBS)...THE HIGH REACHED 87 DEGREES
TODAY. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 83 WHICH OCCURRED BOTH
YESTERDAY (MARCH 20) AND MARCH 24 1910. NOTE: 87 IS ONLY TWO DEGREES
COLDER THAN THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL AT MBS.



RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
555 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012

...SUMMARY OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET FOR MARCH 21ST...

ANOTHER VERY MILD DAY ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY RESULTED IN MORE
DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEING BROKEN ACROSS VERMONT AND
NORTHERN NEW YORK. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORDS BROKEN TODAY...MARCH 21ST.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
BURLINGTON REACHED 81 DEGREES. THIS IS A NEW RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 21ST. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
FOR THE DATE WAS 68 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1946.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT KNAPP STATE AIRPORT IN MONTPELIER REACHED
77 DEGREES. THIS IS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 21ST.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 54 DEGREES
WHICH WAS SET IN 2003.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MASSENA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT/RICHARDS
FIELD IN MASSENA NEW YORK REACHED 80 DEGREES. THIS IS A NEW RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 21ST. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 62 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1976.
THIS IS THE EARLIEST OCCURENCE OF 80 DEGREES OR MORE SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN IN 1948. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 82 DEGREES ON MARCH 30TH
1977.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MOUNT MANSFIELD REACHED 64 DEGREES. THIS
IS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 21ST. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 50 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET
IN 1976.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT SAINT JOHNSBURY REACHED 81 DEGREES. THIS
IS A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERTURE FOR MARCH 21ST. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 71 DEGREES SET IN 1903.
THIS IS THE EARLIEST OCCURENCE OF 80 DEGREES OR MORE SINCE RECORDS
BEGAN IN 1894. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 82 DEGREES SET ON MARCH 29TH

[Cyclenall]

Today temps. reached high levels very early like on March 8, 2000. Most records were broken even before noon. Humidity went up even higher today than yesterday.

Here is a very interesting and detailed write-up about the historic March Heat-Wave from Dr.Jeff Masters:

Link: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2057

From this, there are lake records being shattered like I thought and math on the statistics of this event and using deviations how often it might occur (talk of once every 43 years and 4779 years and maybe beyond...)

Another ripple effect of this that is making national news is the pollen levels and how they are at record highs as well...bigtime. Tons of people with allergies are having a brutal experience and doctors say they've never seen so many patients this early with bad symptoms. Even people who don't normally experience any seasonal allergies say they have it . For me, mine are actually non-existent right now and I love it. I don't know why but I hope its not because it hasn't reached this far north yet or I could be in for some big trouble!!

[tropicana]

Record Highs Wed Mar 21 2012

Mount Washington NH 53F
Mount Mansfield VT 64F
JFKennedy NY 65F
Bridgeport CT 66F
Grand Forks ND 68F
International Falls MN 69F
Sisseton SD 70F tied 1945
Islip NY 72F
Worcester MA 73F
Binghamton NY 74F
Marshfield WI 74F
Rhinelander WI 74F
Caribou ME 75F **March record**
Wausau WI 76F
Watertown NY 76F
Bluefield WV 77F
Montpelier VT 77F
Erie PA 78F
Portland ME 79F
Houlton ME 79F **March record**
Paducah KY 80F tied 1966
Rochester NY 80F
Akron OH 80F
Youngstown OH 80F
Massena NY 80F **warmest so early**
Wisconsin Rapids WI 80F
Morristown TN 80F tied 1968
Elkins WV 80F
Syracruse NY 81F
St Johnsbury VT 81F **warmest so early**
St Louis MO 81F
Burlington VT 81F
Marquette MI 81F **all time March record**
Appleton WI 81F
Buffalo NY 82F **all time March record**
Muskegon MI 82F **March record tie Mar 20 2012**
Mansfield OH 82F
Green Bay WI 82F
Oshkosh WI 82F
London KY 83F
Bangor ME 83F **March record**
Cleveland OH 83F
Evansville IN 83F
Zanesville OH 83F
Gaylord MI 83F **March record**
Madison WI 83F **March record**
Saulte Ste Marie MI 83F **March record**
Concord NH 83F
Detroit MI 84F **March record**
Jackson KY 84F
Indianapolis IN 84F
Milwaukee WI 84F **March record**
Lincoln IL 84F
Rockford IL 84F
Houghton Lake MI 85F **March record**
Toledo OH 85F
Colombus OH 85F **March record**
South Bend IN 85F **tie March record with Mar 31 1981é hottest so early**
Flint MI 86F **March record**
Dayton OH 86F **hottest so early**
Lansing MI 86F **March record**
Charleston WV 86F
Huntington WV 87F
Saginaw MI 87F **March record**
Fort Wayne IN 87F **March record**
Traverse City MI 87F **March record**
Alpena MI 87F **March record**
Chicago O`Hare IL 87F
Grand Rapids MI 87F **March record**
Tampa FL 88F

IN CANADA
(prelim)
(even tho not explicity shown, most sites set all time March records today)

Geraldton ON 11.6C 53F
Sydney NS 14.7C 59F
Yarmouth NS 16.6C 62F
Sioux Lookout ON 16.7C 62F
Wawa ON 16.7C 62F
Kenora ON 17.2C 63F
Kingston ON 18.7C 66F
Charlottetown PEI 20.5C 69F
Toronto Downtown ON 22.4C 72F
Trenton ON 22.5C 73F
Toronto Pearson ON 23.3C 74F
Barrie ON 24.3C 76F
Peterborugh ON 24.3C 76F
Markham Buttonville ON 24.6C 77F
Kapuskasing ON 24.7C 77F
Goderich ON 25.1C 77F
Saint John NB 25.2C 77F
North Bay ON 25.2C 77F
Sherbrooke QC 25.3C 77F
Collingwood ON 25.3C 77F
Greenwood NS 25.3C 77F
Moncton NB 25.3C 77F
Parry SOund ON 25.4C 77F
Hamilton ON 25.6C 78F **March record**
London ON 25.7C 78F
Montreal QC 25.8C 78F **all time March record**
Halifax NS 25.8C 78F
Sudbury ON 25.9C 78F
Welland ON 26.0C 79F
Kitchener ON 26.3C 79F
Muskoka ON 26.7C 80F
Saulte Ste Marie ON 26.7C 80F
Frederciton NB 27.1C 81F
Wiarton ON 27.2C 81F
Ottawa ON 27.4C 81F **March record**
Windsor ON 27.8C 82F **March record**
Sarnia ON 27.9C 82F
Timmins ON 27.9C 82F
Petawawa ON 28.8C 84F **warmest spot in Canada**

-justin-

[CrazyC83]

I wonder if anyone has broken an APRIL record so far, so that March now has a higher extreme than April?

[Nicko999]

A few crazy numbers (for Canada)...

-Montreal, Ottawa, Windsor (twice), Winnipeg, Hamilton and basically almost every city in the Maritimes/Southern Quebec/Southern Ontario broke their all-time March high. The only major city (in Eastern Canada) not to break all-time records was Toronto.

-Montreal's 4 earliest 20C+ days: March 18, 2012, March 19, 2012, March 20, 2012, March 21, 2012... and we're still not done!

-8 consecutive days of 20C+ in Windsor now (with more to come): obviously a record for March... the last time they had such long streak of 20C+ days in April was in 1990, from the 23th to the 30th!!! If they make it to 9 consecutive days tomorrow (99% chance of happening), we would have to go back to April 1985 between the 18th-26th to find such long streak (and remember that's in April not in March).

-The record for consecutive days with broken high record in Montreal is 5 in 1945 (April 9th-April 13th). We're past midnight and the temperature of 17C is breaking the record of 15.0C from 1946 so that's the 5th consecutive record we break and we tie 1945. March 2012 can now be considered as the biggest heat wave in Montreal's history.

[Cyclenall]

Reports from EC on yesterday:

AWCN13 CWTO 220225
Updated weather summary for Northern Ontario issued by
Environment Canada at 10:20 PM EDT Wednesday 21 March 2012.

-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==

*cut*

A few record maximum temperature records were set for Wednesday
21-mar-2012 and are listed in the table below. Normal daytime
Highs for this time of the year are near the freezing mark across
much of Northern Ontario.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Location new temperature record previous record

Lansdowne House 15.6 10.0 (1961)
Pickle Lake 16.1 12.2 (1945)
Big Trout Lake 11.7 8.9 (1961)
Peawanuck 10.6 4.8 (2000)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AWCN12 CWTO 220220
Updated weather summary for Northern Ontario issued by
Environment Canada at 10:08 PM EDT Wednesday 21 March 2012.

-------------------------------------------------------------

*cut*

Below are record maximum temperature records set on Wednesday
21-mar-2012. Please refer to the table below for more details.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Location new temperature record previous record

Kenora 17.2 16.1 (1938)
Sioux Lookout 16.7 14.4 (1938)
Fort Frances 20.2 18.9 (1938)
Thunder Bay 13.0 11.7 (1945,1957)
Geraldton 11.6 8.9 (1987)
Kapuskasing 24.6 11.7 (1946)
Timmins 27.9 15.0 (1946)
Wawa 16.7 11.3 (2000)
Chapleau 26.2 15.6 (1938)
Kirkland Lake 26.5 13.0 (1979)
Earlton 25.4 15.0 (1946)
Sault Ste Marie 26.7 12.8 (1946)
Sudbury 25.9 12.8 (2000)
North Bay 25.2 15.0 (1903)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AWCN11 CWTO 220206
Updated weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and the
National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada
At 9:48 PM EDT Wednesday 21 March 2012.

-------------------------------------------------------------

*cut*

Below are record maximum temperature records set on Wednesday
21-mar-2012. Please refer to the table below for more details.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Location new temperature record previous record

Windsor 27.8 21.9 (1991)
Sarnia 27.9 19.2 (1991)
London 26.4 16.1 (1946)
Kitchener-Waterloo 26.3 20.0 (1918)
Hamilton 24.2 12.8 (1976,1979)
Mount Forest 25.3 18.9 (1918)
Wiarton 27.2 16.1 (1948)
Toronto downtown 22.4 16.7 (1938,1946,1948)
Toronto Pearson 23.3 17.8 (1948)
Buttonville 24.6 10.4 (1990)
Barrie 24.8 17.8 (1921)
Borden 27.8 17.8 (1938)
Trenton 22.5 13.3 (1938)
Kingston 18.7 12.8 (1979)
Peterborough 24.3 17.2 (1903,1938,1946)
Muskoka 26.7 16.7 (1946)
Parry Sound 25.4 15.6 (1921)
Algonquin east gate 26.5 14.4 (1918,1948)
Ottawa 27.4 17.8 (1946)
Petawawa 28.8 12.2 (1976,2000)

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC

From Manitoba:

AWCN11 CWWG 220024
Summary weather statement issued by Environment Canada at 7:24 PM CDT
Wednesday 21 March 2012.

Discussion
--------------------------------------------------------
Mild southwest winds combined with generally sunny skies led to a few
Records being broken in Southern Manitoba this afternoon...


New old record records
Location record record year began
--------------------------------------------------------
Gretna 17.4 12.8 1957 1956
Pinawa 15.0 12.5 1987 1964
Fisher Branch 13.7 11.0 1987 1978
Melita 13.7 11.0 1994 1993

The hot spot in all of Canada today was Sprague, which at 17.5 did
not quite beat it's old record of 17.8 set in 1945. Winnipeg's high
was 16.1, a few degrees shy of the record of 19.4 set in 1938.

Many more records are expected to fall on Thursday, with
Temperatures in Southern Manitoba expected to soar into the
Low 20's.

End

Time Sensitive Links: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings ... ml?prov=on and http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings ... ml?prov=mb

Missing Collingwood and Owen Sound ON I think. I cut out the parts that were repeated from previous statements (exactly the same). For Manitoba some records fell but nothing crazy. I except way more tomorrow there. As for the absurd statement highlighted in brown, that is definitely false and I have no idea why that was stated. 17.5ºC is not higher than 28.8ºC.

Petawawa ON 28.8C 84F **warmest spot in Canada**

5 Things about this list: Petawawa ON is insane because it broke the record by around 17ºC and was about 25ºC above average, that list has the most "Warmest March temperature" records yet, is there any difference between "**all time March record**" and "**March record**" or are they the same? Never seen that before. Collingwood ON should be on the list but I don't know why its not on EC's list either because it easily broke the record as well. Seeing Fredericton NB at 27.1C is just downright scary. Yes certainly the weather has gone bonkers...in a good way .

You had 2 mistakes, Fredericton was misspelled and a strange "É" character was placed in a statement after the record.

I wonder if anyone has broken an APRIL record so far, so that March now has a higher extreme than April?

If you mean all time April record then yes, definitely. Some places in northern Ontario or even Manitoba have most likely done it multiple times already. I don't know of any time in recorded history that has happened.

-The record for consecutive days with broken high record in Montreal is 5 in 1945 (April 9th-April 13th). We're past midnight and the temperature of 17C is breaking the record of 15.0C from 1946 so that's the 5th consecutive record we break and we tie 1945.

Yeah that's happened a few times as well in this event, the low beating the record high for the day. That just shows why this event blows even March 1945 away...the minimum temperatures are way way higher than that event based on many of the stations' readings. What really would be good is to see a minimum temp. for a day beat the all time April record for said station .

I think I'll add some more tweets on Page 3.