Potential for record-breaking autumn temperatures in Ottawa
Posted Oct 10, 2018 12:29:00 PM.
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It's another hot, sticky October day in the nation's capital.
For the second day in row, we have double digit temperatures and humidex values in the forecast.
1310 NEWS meteorologist Jill Taylor says Wednesday's temperatures could even be record-breaking.
The record temperature for October 10 was set in 1955 at 23.9 C and Jill is forecasting a high of 25 C.
Enjoy it while you can — cooler temperatures are forecast to move in to end the week with a high of only 9 C for Friday.
Jill Taylor's Ottawa Forecast:
Today: Sun and cloud with a chance of showers or thunderstorms.
Guaranteed high 25, humidex near 33.
This evening: Cloudy with showers.
Temperature near 15.
Overnight: Windy with rain.
Gusty east wind.
Morning low near 11.
Tomorrow: Rain in the morning.
Cloudy with showers for afternoon.
High near 20.
Friday: Cloudy and cooler.
Morning low near 7.
High near 9.
Saturday: Cloudy.
Morning low near 3.
High near 8.
Sunday: Cloudy.
Morning low near 2.
High near 11.
According to records from 1938-2017:
Record high: 23.9 (1955)
Record low: -4.4 (1972)
Greatest rainfall: 18.0mm (1939)
Greatest snowfall: 0.4cm (2000)
Average high: 14
Average low: 5
