Charlottetown breaks heat record Friday

Charlottetown set a new heat record Friday, reaching a temperature of 30.9 C at the city's airport at 4 p.m. AT.

The previous record for June 19 was 28 C,set in 1991.

A heat warning from Environment Canada remains in effectfor all of P.E.I. into this evening.

The hottest day ever for the month was June 29, 1944, when it reached 32.2 C.

On Thursday the temperature rose to 29.3 C, less than a degree short of the daily record.

During the heat warning, people are advised to drink plenty of water and avoid activity outside during the hottest part of the day.

A cold front will move across the Island Friday night. The temperature will fall to 13 C overnight, and the high Saturday is predicted tobe a more seasonal 20 C.

"The one thing that we really need is a good dosing of rain," said CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin.

"Although we have some chances for some showers tonight, that's about it. Just some showers, and most of us are going to stay on the dry side."

The fire index for all of P.E.I.was set at very high on Thursday.

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