Ontario’s experienced some sporadic weather this fall– With hot, sunny days plummeting into cold, rainy weather during Thanksgiving long weekend.
myFM spoke with Canadian Climatologist, David Phillips, who told us about the conditions Southern Ontario has been feeling.
He started off with fall weather predictions.
Phillips said some Ontarians saw late September-early October days reaching over 30 degrees. Here in Greater Napanee, we posted similar temperatures– Averaging 22 degrees in September, and a high of 23 in early October.
Phillips says the beginning of fall was an anomaly.
This begs the question– Why was it so hot in Ontario?
Well, recently Environment Canada warned that Climate change is causing extreme temperatures at a greater frequency than in the past, increasing the severity of heat waves and contributing to dry conditions, wildfires, and heavy precipitation risks.
Although Ontario had a strange September-October heat wave, Phillips says the sudden cold we’ve seen is normal for this time of year.
Despite this, Phillips says its hard to nail down all of the possibilities.
As for the heat: The Weather Network predicts Greater Napanee’s temperatures will reach a high of 16 next week, and then temps will fall back into the nines and tens. Although, we should keep Phillips words in mind: we can’t quite tell for sure when it comes to the weather.
Written by Noah Lorusso
