Nova Scotia appears to be out of the worst of its recent heat wave, but Environment Canada says the hot stretch still left behind some daily records.
Meteorologist Jill Mapea says the province saw a handful of records over the past few days.
The warmest temperature she noted was in Malay Falls, where the temperature reached 34.3 degrees on August 6.
The previous daily record there was 29.7 degrees, set in 2019.
Mapea says Halifax Stanfield and Shearwater also saw records, with the warmest temperature around 32.6 degrees.
She says those sites also recorded three days of 30 degrees or higher.
Mapea says heat waves at this time of year are not unusual because early to mid-August is often when Nova Scotia sees some of its hottest temperatures.
Humidity made it feel worse
While there were not many records, Mapea says the humidity was a major part of the story.
She says dew point values climbed into the 20s, making the air feel especially muggy.
“The humidity associated with it was quite intense,” Mapea said. “We saw lots of those dew point values into the 20 degrees or more.”
Mapea says that moisture was especially noticeable over the weekend, when the province met heat warning criteria during the second half of the hot stretch.
A cold front moving down through the region is helping bring some relief.
Mapea says it is shifting winds more northerly or northwesterly, changing the air mass over Nova Scotia.
She says the front is not expected to bring much rain, but a bigger change in the air mass is expected tonight into tomorrow.
