{"id":100907,"date":"2025-07-29T02:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100907\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T02:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:16:13","slug":"toronto-under-5th-heat-warning-this-year-surpassing-last-years-total-meteorologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100907\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto under 5th heat warning this year, surpassing last year&#8217;s total: meteorologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Toronto is under its fifth heat warning this year, outpacing the number of heat events that happened last year, according to a meteorologist with Environment Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The heat warning is in effect for the following areas: Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Durham Region, Newmarket, Georgina, Halton Hills, Milton and Oshawa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There were only four heat events in Toronto in 2024,\u00a0said meteorologist Weiqing Zhang.\u00a0This includes three that were &#8220;marginal heat events,&#8221; meaning they were not very hot or humid, she said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Certainly it&#8217;s hotter than last year,&#8221; Zhang said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The city has been under a heat warning for 16 days this year, including Tuesday, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The current heat warning, issued Monday morning and covering much of the Greater Toronto Area, is expected to end Tuesday night, according to Environment Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The federal weather agency first issued a heat warning on Sunday, but said the hottest conditions were expected on Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The region was expected to see daytime high temperatures between 30 to 33 C on Monday, Environment Canada said. With humidity, temperatures could feel like between 38 to 43 C.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nighttime lows are expected between 19 to 21 C, which Environment Canada said will provide little relief from the heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch for signs of heat illness, says weather agency<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">People are advised to drink water often, watch for signs of heat exhaustion and to check on those at-risk for heat illnesses, said the weather agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It also suggests wearing light-coloured clothing and limiting exposure to the heat.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Signs of heat stroke can include red and hot skin, dizziness and nausea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/community-people\/health-wellness-care\/health-programs-advice\/hot-weather\/cool-spaces-near-you\/#location=&amp;lat=&amp;lng=&amp;zoom=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">500 spaces across Toronto<\/a> are available for residents looking for relief during a heat warning, including the following air-conditioned facilities:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>North York Civic Centre<\/li>\n<li>Scarborough Civic Centre<\/li>\n<li>Etobicoke Civic Centre\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>York Civic Centre<\/li>\n<li>East York Community Centre<\/li>\n<li>Metro Hall lobby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The buildings will be open until 9:30 p.m. every day that a warning is in effect, with the exception of the Metro Hall lobby which is open 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Be smart about it&#8217;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For Jim Earl and his partner, it&#8217;s the season for running and playing tennis \u2014 as long as you wake up early.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We&#8217;re doing our last bit of exercise for the day, doing some shopping, and then that&#8217;s it, we&#8217;re in,&#8221; he said later in the morning at Toronto&#8217;s man-made Sugar Beach, adding that he plans to stay inside the rest of the day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Raphael Calungsod, who was visiting Toronto from New York City said the heat reminds him of the sort of weather conditions he experienced as a young child in the Philippines, where he was born.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It feels like home to me, but not home to most people living on the east coast,&#8221; Calungsod said. &#8220;It should not be this<br \/>hot. I miss the snow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"People at sugar beach with umbrellas for shade and CN tower in the background. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/heat-warning.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993646759847523\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>People are advised to drink water often, watch for signs of heat exhaustion and to check on those at-risk for heat illnesses, said the weather agency.\u00a0It also suggests wearing light-colored clothing and limiting exposure to the heat.  (Alex Lupul\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earl&#8217;s sentiment toward the snow is different. He spent most of last winter in Muskoka, with plentiful snow and temperatures hovering around -25 C.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We all remember what it was like in the winter,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;d rather have this, so don&#8217;t complain and just be smart about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wren Mercado, who was also visiting Toronto from New York City, said the heat felt similar to the weather back home, though being a tourist during the heat wave was far more tiring than expected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m definitely getting tired more often, wanting to sit down, get some water, maybe a sweet, iced treat,&#8221; said Mercado, adding that humidity was making conditions especially bad.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kim Worobec found some relief in the shade near Sugar Beach on Monday during her afternoon bike ride. She says she definitely needs to drink more water in these temperatures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I find riding my bike is great because I get a nice breeze as I ride,&#8221; said Worobec. She added that she likes to enjoy the summer weather while it&#8217;s here, though she noticed temperatures are hotter now than they used to be.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We need to be vigilant with our climate change protocols,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto is under its fifth heat warning this year, outpacing the number of heat events that happened last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-100907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114934119479746328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}