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More heat records set on P.E.I.

Some P.E.I. communities set heat records on Tuesday.

Second record-setting day for Stanhope

Warm temperatures have been extending well into the evenings. (Kevin Yarr/CBC)

Some P.E.I. communities set heat records on Tuesday.

St. Peters, Stanhope, Charlottetown, Summerside and North Cape reached record temperatures for a Sept. 29.

It was the second-straight record-setting day for Stanhope, which hit 25.3 C Monday and 26.2 C Tuesday.

The record temperatures for a Sept. 29 in five P.E.I. communities. (Jay Scotland/CBC)

Tuesday also marked the 97th time this year that a temperature at or above 20 was reported at Charlottetown airport. The 30-year average is 79 days per year.

Temperatures are forecast to remain well above normal into Saturday.

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With files from Jay Scotland