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Warmest March day EVER!
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3/23/2012 6:46:00 AM
What's the best way to cap off five consecutive record-breaking days on the thermometer?
Shoot down one more record.
A reading of 26.8 degrees out at Hamilton International at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon is officially the hottest day in March ever!
Well, dating back to at least 1959 when proper record keeping began.
Prior to Wednesday's high of 25.6 degrees, the all-time March high was 25 degrees straight up -- from back in 1998.
The party's over today, however, as we'll struggle to get into the mid-teens.
No complaining though -- exactly a year ago today, a storm dumped 17.4 cm of snow on the city.
Freezing Rain Warning for Thursday Morning
Posted
2/16/2012 5:34:00 AM
Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for the City of Hamilton and a handful of other areas including Milton, Halton Hills, Brantford, Brant County, Guelph, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo.
Below is a statement from Environment Canada:
A weakening low pressure system over Indiana early this morning is heading towards Southern Ontario today.
Precipitation has already begun in Southwestern Ontario starting as a mixture of rain snow or freezing rain before changing to rain later this morning.
The areas where freezing rain is most likely are the Waterloo - Wellington region and surrounding areas where freezing rain warnings have been issued.
As the low pushes further into central portions of Southern Ontario, snow and rain and the risk of freezing rain will spread to the north and east.
By the time the system reaches Eastern Ontario later In the day precipitation will be either snow or mixed rain and ...
Record January heat!
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1/18/2012 5:50:00 AM
Yesterday is now officially the warmest January 17th on record.
The thermometer hit 10.3 degrees at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Hamilton International Airport.
That breaks the old record of 9.9 from back in 1990.
Of course, it all came to an abrupt end with the passage of a cold front.
Temperatures plummeted 10 degrees in just 2 hours last night.
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