By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Searing Nanaimo heat wave tracked closely by weather experts

Jul 27, 2018 | 4:19 PM

NANAIMO — The mid island region has been baking in what could be a record-breaking stretch of hot weather.

Environment Canada meteorologist Louis Kohanyi told NanaimoNewsNOW it appears we’re in the tail end of a prolonged heat wave.

“Eight days of temperatures above 29 degrees while we’ve had a heat warning in effect, that’s quite significant.”

Kohanyi said Environment Canada could confirm at the end of July if the current heat wave is the longest run of consecutive days in the harbour city above 29 degrees.

He said July will go down as one of the top ten hottest July’s on record in Nanaimo.

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“The average mean temperature for this July is 19.7, the record for Nanaimo is 21.5, that was in 2009.”

Kohanyi said relief from the heat is on the way with daytime high temperatures expected to hit 25 degrees by Tuesday.

Environment Canada data showed last summer was the fifth driest and ninth warmest on record.

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