From Hottest Place on Earth in Australia to LA and Ontario’s Winter Heat Waves, 2016 Already on Track to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded

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Ontario, Canada 

Finally, Cananda—which usually experiences an inherently hazardous winter season—is seeing unusually mild, spring-like weather in some provinces.

“A plethora of new record maximum temperatures have been set February 3 across parts of southern Ontario,” Environment Canada said in a statement. “Previous record highs have been shattered by several degrees on this day, which is more typical of mid April.”

Stellar weather in Toronto for #WinterWalkDay. Even some #FebruaryShorts around pic.twitter.com/pk0r4cmECR

— Oliver Moore (@moore_oliver) February 3, 2016

“Officially, the Toronto and Kitchener areas experienced new all time maximum temperatures in the mid teens for February,” Environment Canada said. “What makes this record even more amazing is that one would expect the highest temperatures to be recorded near the end of February, when the sun is much higher in the sky, closer to the beginning of spring.”

All-time February records broken in southern Ontario yesterday #YYZ #Toronto #KW #Kitchener pic.twitter.com/6qIAiED2DS

— Dayna Vettese ? (@daynavettese) February 4, 2016

It’s undeniable that the world is getting warmer year after year. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that 2015 is likely to top the charts as the hottest year in modern observations, with 2011-15 the hottest five-year period on record … that is until 2016.

In December, the UK Met Office forecasted that the global average temperature for next year is expected to be between 0.72 C and 0.96 C above the long-term (between 1961-1990) average of 14 C. There is just a 5 percent chance that 2016 will be below the 2015 global average temperature, the Met Office said.

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