Hot summer temperatures in southern Ontario will take a reprieve with a potentially rainy weekend, ushering in cooler-than-normal temperatures early next week.
“High temperatures will struggle to reach 20 degrees during the day for the first half of the week,” said Anthony Farnell, Global News’ chief meteorologist, “with overnight temperatures in upper single digits to about 10. This is the coolest air southern Ontario has seen in about three months.”
Environment Canada says a low-pressure system from the northern Prairies is locked in place over northern Ontario close to James Bay but will slowly move into the region over the weekend, dropping temperatures throughout southern Ontario by about 5 C come Monday.
“There’s going to be a chance of showers through the weekend associated with