More heat records set on P.E.I.

Some P.E.I. communities set heat records on Tuesday.

St. Peters, Stanhope, Charlottetown, Summerside and North Cape reached record temperatures for a Sept. 29.

It was the second-straight record-setting day for Stanhope, which hit 25.3 C Monday and 26.2 C Tuesday.

• 25.3 C a new record high for Stanhope on a Sept. 28

Tuesday also marked the 97th time this year that a temperature at or above 20 was reported at Charlottetown airport.The 30-year average is 79 days per year.

Temperatures are forecast to remain well above normal into Saturday.

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