Ahead of a Colorado Low, a mild southerly air flow moved across Eastern Canada resulting in record high temperatures from Southern Ontario to New Brunswick.
The thermometer climbed to a balmy 7.2 C in Greater Moncton but it was shy of the 1962 record of 11.1 C.
Among the locations setting new maximums in New Brunswick on 05 February:
Bouctouche
Tied record of 8.5 set in 2018
Records since 1965
Fredericton
New record of 11.3
Old record of 8.3 set in 1890
Records since 1871
St. Stephen
New record of 12.4
Old record of 9.9 set in 2006
Records since 1898
Woodstock
New record of 10.1
Old record of 7.8 set in 1890
Records since 1886
New record highs set in Ontario included:
St. Catharines
New record 15.1
Old record 13.0 in 1991
Records began in 1902
London
New record 10.0
Old record 9.9 in 1991
Records began in 1941
Kitchener
New record 11.3
Old record 7.8 in 1962
Records began in 1915
Hamilton Airport
New record 12.1
Old record 10.6 in 1991
Records began in 1960
Toronto Pearson Airport
New record 12.7
Old record 11.0 in 1991
Records began in 1970
Peterborough
New record 10.3
Old record 9.0 in 1991
Records began in 1968
Trenton Airport
New record 10.8
Old record 9.2 in 1991
Records began in 1970
(Data courtesy Environment Canada)