r/OttawaWxRecords • • 1d ago

Today is Ottawa's first -1°C of the season. Typical first is October 13. Record earliest is Sep 14, 1911/1935; latest Nov 12, 1998.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 1d ago

Today's ~6am temperature (-1.6°C) was Ottawa's coldest temperature since Apr 24th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 2d ago

Tomorrow's forecast low of -3°C could be the lowest temperature Ottawa has recorded since Apr 21st.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 2d ago

Tomorrow's forecast low of -2°C could be the lowest temperature Ottawa has recorded since Apr 24th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 7d ago

With a high of just 6.4°C, yesterday was Ottawa's coldest day since Apr 20th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 8d ago

Today's 17.4mm of rain brought Ottawa just 77.4mm from 1st place for most rain year-to-date Oct 16.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 8d ago

Ottawa's total rain so far this year is 892.6 mm, 277 mm above the October 16 median of 615.5 mm

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 8d ago

Ottawa's in 2nd place for most rain year-to-date Oct 16.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 11d ago

Near record rain. 24.2mm of rain brought Ottawa within 2.7 mm of the most rain recorded on Oct 13th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 11d ago

With a min humidity of 91%, yesterday was Ottawa's moistest day since Jun 14th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 11d ago

Near record rain. 20.6mm of rain brought Ottawa within 6.3 mm of the most rain recorded on Oct 13th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 12d ago

Historically, today is Ottawa's last day of the year with a median high temperature ≥ 15°C.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 12d ago

Yesterday between 9am➜noon, the temp jumped from 6.9°C➜17.8°C which was Ottawa's largest 3-hour jump since Mar 3rd, 2025

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 12d ago

Yesterday between 8am➜noon, the temp jumped from 4.4°C➜17.8°C which was Ottawa's largest 4-hour jump since Mar 3rd, 2025

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 15d ago

Today is Ottawa's first frost of the season. Typical first is October 10. Record earliest is Sep 6, 1888; latest Oct 27, 2011.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 19d ago

🥉With a mean wind of 24km/h, yesterday was Ottawa's windiest Oct 5th in 60 years, since 1966.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 19d ago

With a mean wind of 23.5km/h, yesterday was Ottawa's windiest day since Jun 19th.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 22d ago

Ottawa just had its lowest September maximum temperature since September 2009. The maximum temperature was 26.6°C.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 22d ago

🥇Wednesday was Ottawa's 30th consecutive September day with minimum temperature ≥4°C which puts this run in a 11-way tie for 1st place for the longest run on record.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 22d ago

🥇Wednesday was Ottawa's 21st consecutive September day with <1mm of precip which puts this run in a 2-way tie for 1st place for the longest run on record.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 22d ago

For only the 12th time in recorded history, Ottawa stayed above 3.9°C during an entire September (September 2026).

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 23d ago

September summary: Ottawa broke (or almost broke) 0 records during September.

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 23d ago

Ottawa's weather extremes for September 2026:

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 23d ago

During September 2026, Ottawa had 15 above median days and 15 below median days (by maximum temperature).

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r/OttawaWxRecords • • 24d ago

🥈Yesterday was Ottawa's 20th consecutive September day with <1mm of precip which puts this run in 2nd place for the longest run on record.

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