Maritimes communities break heat records, some standing for more than a century
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HALIFAX – Temperatures soared across the Maritimes on Friday, with some areas breaking records for the day that have been in place for more than a 100 years.
Environment Canada says Saint John, N.B., hit 33.6 C on Friday, beating the old record of 31.7 C set way back on July 3, 1887.
Moncton reached 33.3 C, more than a degree hotter than the city’s previous hottest July 3 on record — in 1911.
Charlottetown cooked at 30.8 C, beating the previous 30-degree record set in 1873.
Halifax’s new record is 32.8 C, the hottest since it reached 30.6 C on July 3, 1981.
Mainland Nova Scotia and parts of southern New Brunswick were under a heat warning Saturday, but that’s expected to lift by Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 4, 2026.