A report released Monday by Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillham says near-normal or above-normal temperatures are expected for the month, although cooler temperatures “wait in the wings across much of Northern Canada.” “There will be some significant breaks from the heat and even the possibility of quick shots of cooler weather that would bring a hint of next season,” the report said. Many areas in Canada saw either near or above normal temperatures in July, with most of Northern Canada “exceptionally warm” and eastern Newfoundland “very warm,” says The Weather Network, though not at the same level with dangerous heat waves. British Columbia last summer. Even then, senior climatologist for Environment Canada Dave Phillips told CTV News Channel on July 18 that “the hottest part of the summer is yet to come,” with July and August “warmer than normal.” The Weather Network report says warm weather is expected to “prevail from the southern prairies to Atlantic Canada” in August, with a cooler pattern developing across most of northern Canada that could push south and “break up » the heat in the southern parts of the country. Warmer weather will begin to shift west in the second week of August, resulting in near-seasonal temperatures across Atlantic Canada and some “flip-flops” of cooler weather. Ontario and Quebec could see an extended break from the heat in mid-August lasting between five and 10 days before warm weather returns in late August and September, The Weather Network says. BC is expected to return to a “cooler pattern,” the report says, with periods of warmer weather expected in mid-to-late August, though not as high as the province saw in the last week of July. With files from CTV News
