Ottawa broke a temperature record Tuesday with more hot weather on the way. The temperature in Ottawa has surpassed a more than century-old heat record, and more record-breaking warmth is in the forecast.

A temperature of 30.6 C was recorded at the Ottawa Airport at 4 p.m., surpassing the 2005 airport record of 26.2 C, and the all-time record high for this date of 29.4 C, set at the Central Experimental Farm in 1891. We speak to David Phillips, Environment Canada Senior Climatologist Morning Rush. 

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