By Daryl Major

A warmer than usual Summer is in the cards.

Jun 20, 2016 | 10:36 AM

Summer officially arrives on the mid-Island at 3:34 p.m Monday afternoon.

This past Spring was the warmest in Nanaimo since records started being kept 100 years ago.  

Matt McDonald with Environment Canada expects that will continue over the next few months.

“Summer looks warmer than normal and we’ll have see how the precipitation plays out, but at least summer is making a return here in the next week or so,” said McDonald.

The Summer Solstice is also a day sooner this year.

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“This year being a Leap Year has pushed the arrival of summer a day earlier. It all has to do with the Summer Solstice which depends on where the moon is at that particular time.”

Monday night, there’s also a full moon – something that won’t happen on the Summer Solstice again until June, 21st 2062.