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Environment Canada says this has been a very unusual summer for extreme heat in New Brunswick, especially in the southeast region.
Meteorologist Jill Maepea says Moncton typically gets fewer than five days per year with temperatures above 30°C.
“Actually Moncton leads the province for this year with 20 days above 30 degrees. So we’ve already had eight in August and we only had seven in July. So August is definitely turning out very warm,” Maepea says.
Not surprisingly it has been much cooler along the Fundy coast, with only one day above 30°C in Saint John so far this summer.
Maepea says much of the province also remains in a drought and she notes how precipitation has been below normal in every month since last December.
There’s not much relief in sight when it comes to the heat. She adds the long-term forecast is showing more warm weather until at least the end of this month.
