[URBAN NOTE] "Goodbye summer, hello warm fall"

[rfmcdonald]

The Toronto Star's Emma McIntosh lets us know that this fall will be a calendrical expression, mostly.

Though summer is officially over as of Thursday, Toronto’s lingering warmth weather likely isn’t.

Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips says southern Ontario can expect temperatures in the 20s through November.

“We shouldn’t write the obituary on summer-like weather yet,” he said.

But even if those temperatures don’t materialize, Phillips said the extreme heat of this summer will probably be enough to make 2016 Toronto’s hottest year ever.

“We’ve seen that globally, but my gosh, not always in Toronto,” Phillips said.