Summer-like heat hits HRM with record temperatures possible today

CITYnews halifax / By Dan Ahlstrand

It’s only the middle of May, but today in and around Halifax Regional Municipality, it will feel like summer.

Allister Aalders, 95.7 NewsRadio weather specialist, says the mercury will soar Thursday, with temperatures expected to reach 27 C, possibly challenging some weather records in the area.

According to data from Environment Canada, the records for May 15 are:

Halifax Stanfield

Forecast high: 27 C
Record: 25 C (1974)
Records kept since: 1953

Shearwater

Forecast high: 25 C
Record: 20.7 C (2012, 2023)
Records kept since: 1940

“As you make your way towards the Atlantic coast, it will be cooler, down to about 15 C,” said Aalders.

Temperatures in the 20s will continue tomorrow before showers move in and things cool off heading into the long weekend.