After a cool, rainy spring, Canadians in many parts of the country can look forward to a hot, sunny summer season, an Environment Canada meteorologist says.
“For much of Canada, we’re looking at a warmer than normal summer,” Geoff Coulson told CTV’s Canada AM on Friday, the first official day of summer.
Coulson said Canada’s West and East Coasts, along with central and northern Prairies, should see a notable rise in temperatures throughout June, July and August.
Southern Ontario will be an exception with “normal” summer temperatures over the next couple of months, but that doesn’t mean the region won’t have to deal with humidity and heat alerts, Coulson said.
But even as the mercury rises from coast to coast, we won’t see a repeat of last year’s sizzling summer, he said.
The period between July and September of 2012 was “the warmest we’ve ever had across Canada in 65 years,” Coulson said. “We’re not dealing with that level of warmth this season.”
As for rain, Coulson said it’s a “tough call” because Environment Canada’s weather models haven’t been pinpointing rainfall predictions.
“Spring has been a bit of a disappointment for a lot of places,” Coulson said. “Today’s the first day of summer -- it’s a reset. Let’s go forward from here.”
