Central P.E.I community breaks heat record for July 5
Charlottetown 0.1 degree from setting record
Temperatures on Friday officially broke the record for the hottest July 5 in a central P.E.I. community.
Maple Plains, P.E.I., recorded a temperature of 30.8 C breaking the previous record of 30 C set back in 1983.
Charlottetown was 0.1 C from setting a new record for July 5. Charlottetown temperatures were recorded at 30.8 C, the previous record that was also set in 1983 was 30.9 C.
However, the hottest place on P.E.I. on Friday was Summerside where heat levels reached 31.6 C.
The weather was co-operating at the Cavendish Beach Music Festival grounds Friday afternoon.
Officials with Island EMS, a paramedic service at the festival said they were worried about concertgoers suffering sunstroke and dehydration.
Festival officials said they planned on spraying the crowd with water to fight dehydration.
While not as hot or humid as Friday, Scotland said that Saturday will still be a bit muggy thanks to warm southwest winds.
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Corrections
- A previous version of this story contained incorrect record temperature data for July 5th. Those figures have been corrected.Jul 06, 2019 10:57 AM AT
With files from Jay Scotland and Stephanie vanKampen