Nova Scotia and New Brunswick break many record low temperature From Friday night through Saturday, severe frost is expected in the area.
According to environment canadaNew Brunswick saw a wind chill range between -40 and -50, while Nova Scotia recorded a wind chill between -35 and -45.
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Several areas in New Brunswick broke daily low temperature records, including Grand Manan, Miskau Island, Moncton, St. John, St. Stephen and Fundy National Park.
The February 4 record of -19.0 C set in 1993 at Grand Manan was broken with a new record of -27.2 C. Moncton broke the record for that day of -27.8 C set in 1917 with -28.1 C. And St. John’s set a new record low of -28.7 °C. The next day, the Grand Manan region broke the record once again by reaching −27.1 °C, compared to the previous record of −23.0 °C in 1990.
In Nova Scotia, records were broken on February 4 in the Barrier Island region, Halifax, Kentville, Port Hawkesbury and Yarmouth. Halifax Stansfield International Airport recorded −25.6 °C that day, breaking the record of −24.4 °C set in 1971.
Yarmouth broke its 138-year record of -18.9 C by reaching -21.8 C in 1885.
Meanwhile, Environment Canada recorded a wind chill of -43 at Halifax Airport, breaking the previous record of -41 from 1967.
Extreme temperatures, combined with strong winds, left thousands of power customers without service. At one point, approximately 30,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were in the dark.
A spokesperson told Global News that the outages were mostly due to high winds, but also due to cold temperatures.
“We have historic temperatures right now … which is leading to conditions where electrical equipment is not working,” said Matt Drover, senior director of transmission and distribution operations at Nova Scotia Power.
As of Sunday morning, about 3,400 people were without power in Nova Scotia and about 2,600 were in the dark in New Brunswick.
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