Toronto Could Set An All-Time Record For Most Delayed Spring In Over 29 Years & Here's Why
And if the 6ix doesn't warm up soon, it could hit a 44-year record.
Toronto has been robbed of its spring weather this year, and there might soon be a record to prove it. Hooray?
According to Rachel Modestino, a meteorologist at The Weather Network (TWN), if the 6ix doesn't hit 20 C by May 3, it'll be the first time it's been this stunted since 1993, and that's just the tip of the unseasonable iceberg.
The Big Smoke needs to heat up to 20 degrees or more by the first week of the month to avoid breaking the city's all-time record for most delayed spring, which is, frankly, a milestone nobody wants.
The latest season has ever sprung for Toronto, at least according to modern records, is May 19, 1978, which is a whopping 44 years ago. People were shivering in their bell bottoms!
So, why is the 6ix so gosh darn cold? Some of it can be attributed to the cool breezes currently whipping off Lake Ontario, which TWN states makes things feel chillier than areas like London, which don't have large lakefronts.
Of course, the weather is finicky, so it's always possible that things will heat up in the last week of April, but experts seem to think it's unlikely.
"Next week will be a roll of the dice when it comes to 20°C weather, as we will need a well-timed sunny break with a southerly breeze to get it, but the odds are beginning to stack up against us," said Modestino.
Basically, it all comes down to how things shape up during the first week of May. So, fingers crossed, folks.