Sunshine is still in the forecast from Sunday through Friday.(Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Jun 28, 2020 | 8:53 AM

NANAIMO — If the weatherman is close to correct, Sunday, June 28 could be the hottest day of 2020 so far.

Forecasters are calling for temperatures around 26 degrees which would match high marks set this year on May 9, 10 and 28.

Armel Castellan, Environment Canada meteorologist, told NanaimoNewsNOW the unsettled weather we’ve seen recently will make way for a strong ridge of high pressure and sunny skies.

“We will still see some moderate to strong north-westerly winds behind it so the temperatures will be moderated,” Castellan said.

According to Castellan the next 14 days look very dry after an extremely wet May and June.

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As of June 25, the weather station at Nanaimo airport had recorded 61.9 millimetres of rain in June, nearly triple the amount recorded last year.

No further rain is forecast for the remainder of June.

May’s total of 46.3 millimetres of precipitation was more than double the volume recorded in 2019.

“June has that notoriety of bringing wetness, the cold low pressure systems hang around at least once or twice every June. Some people like to joke about it calling it ‘Juneuary’,” Castellan said.

Most long range forecasts are predicting an average summer, with few extended heat waves and normal levels of precipitation.

Coastal Fire Centre officials are also predicting an average fire season, although the region is well behind normal levels of fire activity so far this year.

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