The holiday season and record warm temperatures don't normally go together.
But on Saturday, Environment Canada made note of double-digit readings across the Atlantic region that made the late-December day feel much warmer than usual.
The highest daily temperature was recorded at 17 C in Greenwood, N.S. — a whole degree warmer than the previous record set 69 years ago.
In all, Environment Canada reported broken records at 19 weather stations in the region.
The following are new maximum daily records compared to the old records set for Dec. 22. According to Environment Canada, these records are from a selection of historical stations in each area that were active during the time records were kept.
Nova Scotia
- Brier Island: New record of 12.6 C/old record 11.1 C set in 2015.
- Greenwood: 16.8 versus 15.6 set in 1949.
- Halifax: 13.6 versus 13.3 set in 1949.
- Port Hawkesbury: 12.9 versus 11.1 set in 1902
- Yarmouth: 12.9 versus 11.7 set in 1949.
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