Temperature Records Set in NWO

Enjoy the spring-like conditions while they last.

Three days of above normal temperatures will come to a crashing halt later today.

Yesterday was a record days for a number of communties across northwestern Ontario.

In Kenora, the thermometer at the airport topped out at 7.6 celcius, which broke the previous high for February 16th by almost two degrees.

The previous record was 5.9 back in 1981.

Kenora wasn't the hot spot in the region.

Atikokan hit a sizzling 15.1 celcius, breaking the previous high of 9.8 degrees.