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‘ June’s hot weather ‘ shatters records BY CHRISTINE BRANDT WHT Reporter The past month will go down in history as one of Ontario's hottest Junes on record. GeoffCoulson, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. said 17 locations across Ontario set new records in June for the average monthly temperature. “It's definitely been hot," said Coulson. "These records are being broken not by fractions of a degree. which we’re used to. but shattered by whole degrees or even more." At Pearson International Airport in Toronto. the mean tem- perature for June was 22.5 degrees Celsius. Couison said a nor- mal mean for the month would have been 17.8 degrees. “That's a difference of 4.7 degrees on average. One or two degrees is pretty significant. but almost five (degrees) is unheard of," he said. The previous record at Pearson was set in 1949. when the mean temperature was 21.4. Locally, weather data is collected for- Environment Canada at the Wiarton airport. Wiarton’s mean temperature for the month of June was a record 19 degrees. up 3.4 degrees from the nor- mal mean of 15.6. The last record high. set in 1949. was a mean of 18.3 degrees. “It was definitely a June that will stand out in the record books. and we're looking at a continuation of this above-normal trend through the month of July." said Coulson. Although the month began with a cold from moving through southwestern Ontario on Canada Day. the hot. humid weather is E expected to return this week. Coulson said because many people have become acclimatized to the warmer temperatures experienced throughout June. there should be fewer problems adjusting to hot weather in early July. “The impact will be slightly less (this week) than when we got hit with it in June." he said. “Going from colder temperatures in May to a hot, hot June was difficult for some. but it won't be as hard for the human body to adapt to the much warmer weath- er (in July) because of what we experienced in June.” See Warmest. page 2 ~ Wednesday, July 6, 205 ~ @. Continued from page l An‘nrding In (.oulson. I't‘sidenls In this part of [he pruvinru- should Lalw t‘Xll‘il caution throughout llll' sum- nwr when [Environment llauindu .lssurs humidex unrnings, SI-wrnl warnings were posted in June. and man um prt-dii'lvd l'nl' th' l’tllllllli.’ wet-its "'i‘ho rmnhinnlinn ul'hunl, lllllllllll' l)‘ and pullllllt‘m run mulu: lI‘lllpl‘l‘ilr turns in the iuu‘ 30s l‘m-l like 40 drum-vs." snid (foulsun “A humide warning nit-ans _\uu should sip that bottle nl' \HIU‘I' l‘\'['ll il' )till'l‘t‘ uni l'e-eling pnrlirulnrli‘ thirst) ill tllnl limo," Aside I‘runi slaying hydrated, (Ioulson advises residents In sin) out of the sun during [N'ilh hours til the (lny. The elderly and Mining i'liil- tin-n :Lrl‘ vsplr'z'inll) pmnv In hunt l‘Xll'clllhlltlll. llv Mild. lllll l'\1’l'_\\llll' going outdoru‘s in [he smunwr should bl“ \‘t'PLll'llltT, sunsrrm-n and hats with wide ln'iins. bm‘ullse llns hnl weather isn't going mm; till} lime soon. “Lalo July and mid August nro trip diiinnnlly our wurmosl nooks nl'lhv summer. and we're nnl l‘H‘lI lhm‘l- yet." said (inulsnn.