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Late-summer heat wave could break daily heat records in Ottawa region

The heat warning will end closer to the weekend, but not without hitting highs of 33 C Tuesday and Wednesday, with humidity making it feel closer to 40.

Highs of 33 C before humidity for Ottawa Tuesday and Wednesday

Someone with an umbrella and walking stick in a garden.
Someone uses an umbrella and walking stick in a garden in Ottawa in July 2022. September 2023 is getting started without the touch of autumn in the air of years past. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

This late-summer heat wave could break daily heat records in and around Ottawabefore it simmers down closer to the weekend.

All of eastern Ontario and western Quebec are under a heat warning from Environment Canada.

For Ottawa, it started Saturday, and temperatures areexpected to peak Tuesday and Wednesday.

The warning is expected to end Thursday around Belleville and Pembroke, Ont., and potentially Friday in western Quebec.

Ottawa's forecasted daytime highs are 33 C Tuesday and Wednesday, with humidity making it feel closer to 40. Bothovernight lows are around 20 C.

Thursday currently has a 60 per cent chance of showers, a high of 31 C and an overnight low of 18 C. Friday's forecast is a high of 28 C and night low of 15 C with the same chance of showers.

When it's this hot, Health Canada's advice includesspending time in cooler places, including having a plan if that's not your home,scheduling outdoor activities for cooler times and drinking plenty of water even if you're not thirsty.

Communities such as Ottawa, Gatineau, Kingston and the town of Renfrewhave lists of places people can go to get away from the heat.

Western Quebec'sCentre de services scolaire au Cur-des-Valles(CSSCV)is closing all 23 of its schoolsas well as daycare serviceson Tuesday due to the weather forecast.

Daily heat records could fall on Tuesdayin places such as Ottawa, Brockville, Kingston, Maniwaki, Pembroke andStirling.

Monday was Ottawa's first 30-degree day since July 11. Its hottest day this year was 35.1 C on June 1.

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